Welsh National Opera - Manon Lescaut Reviews
28 March 2024
Gwyn Hughes Jones (Dex Grieux), Chiara Taigi (Manon Lescaut)
Stephen Richardson (Geronte di Ravoir)
Chiara Taigi (Manon Lescaut)
Chiara Taigi (Manon Lescaut)
Chiara Taigi (Manon Lescaut)

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Manon Lescaut

Welsh National Opera


No. of reviews: 13

The evening is saved by the quality of the musical presentation
14 Apr 14 / Bristol Post
Hardly a good night for Puccini or WNO’s reputation
9 Apr 14 / Seen and Heard
Welsh National Opera's Fallen Women
29 Mar 14 / What's on Stage
An oblique new production
10 Mar 14 / What's on Stage
Misconceived approach to Manon Lescaut can’t hide its musical power entirely
14 Feb 14 / Seen and Heard
Manon Lescaut is twerking — should we applaud or shudder?
13 Feb 14 / The Spectator
Kicking off a ‘Fallen Women’ season, Mariusz Trelinski’s production has a modern edginess
12 Feb 14 / Financial Times
The unrelenting bleakness renders it flat
11 Feb 14 / Independent
Mariusz Treliński's modernisation renders Puccini's opera nonsensical
11 Feb 14 / The Guardian
Something emotionally complex and nuanced has been rendered monochrome and resolutely dark
11 Feb 14 / The Stage
Though the production misses the point, the playing and singing are outstanding
10 Feb 14 / Telegraph
Maybe this opera could be renamed Manon lets go on the Metro
10 Feb 14 / Wales Online
Puccini charmer rehoused in an off-the-peg airport lounge, saved by the conductor
9 Feb 14 / The Arts Desk
Production details
Cast
Taigi, Kempster, Hughes Jones, Richardson, Buttle, Cole, Sawa, Llywelyn, Llywelyn, Lloyd, Richardson
(c) Koenigs (d) Trelinski
Performance dates
8, 15, 22, 27 February, 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28 March, 2, 4, 11 April 2014
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