Welsh National Opera - Manon Lescaut Reviews | 28 March 2024 |
Performance reviews
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Manon LescautWelsh National OperaNo. 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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