Excellent team work from the cast

Neglected drama

Welsh National Opera fascinates with Tchaikowsky’s Merchant of Venice

Lionel Friend conducts sympathetically

Tchaikowsky employs a lyrical vocal idiom which often has much grace

Keith Warner’s production adds visual brilliance to Andrė Tchaikovsky’s gritty, hard-working music

Well-worth Shylock’s “pound of flesh” entrance fee

Incisively played

Strong performances and ample humour