Welsh National Opera - I Puritani Reviews
26 April 2024
Wojtek Gierlach (Giorgio Valton), Rosa Feola (Elvira)
Rosa Feola (Elvira), Barry Banks (Arturo)
David Kempster (Riccardo Forth), Chorus
Aidan Smith (Gualtiero Valton) David Kempster (Riccardo Forth) Wojtek Gierlach (Giorgio Valton), Chorus
Rosa Feola (Elvira)

Performance reviews

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I Puritani

Welsh National Opera


No. of reviews: 17

Conductor Carlo Rizzi swept it all along to the manner born
19 Nov 15 / The Birmingham Post
Gremlins hit WNO’s I Puritani in Llandudno
2 Nov 15 / Seen and Heard
WNO continues to challenge its audiences with innovative productions and I puritani was no different
28 Oct 15 / Welsh Daily Post
The evening would be a triumph whatever the setting thanks to the magnificent Rosa Feola
21 Oct 15 / Gloucestershire Echo
Gripping musical theatre
12 Oct 15 / Opera Today
A flawed but interesting production of I Puritani from WNO
25 Sep 15 / Seen and Heard
Irlandesa en apuros
23 Sep 15 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish)
Bellini finds a new voice in the heart of 70s Belfast
21 Sep 15 / The Observer
As good a treatment of a Bellini opera as we are likely to see
18 Sep 15 / The Spectator
Welsh National Opera’s confused update features exceptional singing
15 Sep 15 / The Stage
WNO solves the dramatic flaws in Bellini's problematic masterpiece
15 Sep 15 / What's on Stage
A courageous production featuring superb performances
15 Sep 15 / Independent
Rosa Feola shines in Welsh National Opera's I puritani
15 Sep 15 / Bachtrack
Bellini, gracefully poised in the Troubles
14 Sep 15 / The Guardian
I Puritani at the Wales Millennium Centre is a bel canto masterpiece
13 Sep 15 / Wales Online
There is some fabulous singing in Welsh National Opera’s new production of Bellini’s swansong
13 Sep 15 / Telegraph
Bellini's last opera partly relocated but it's the singing and playing that count
13 Sep 15 / The Arts Desk
Production details
Cast
Banks/Choo, Feola/Richardson, Kempster, Gierlach, Smith
(c) Rizzi (d) Miskimmon
Performance dates
11, 19 September, 4, 13, 20, 27 October, 3, 17 November 2015 (various locations)
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