Welsh National Opera - La Traviata Reviews
20 April 2024
Jason Howard (Germont), Joyce El-Khoury (Violetta)

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La Traviata

Welsh National Opera


No. of reviews: 8

Joyce El-Khoury — in superb voice, whether sad or glad — is clear, and wonderful to behold
21 Mar 12 / The Oxford Times
Julia Jones’s sharply empathetic conducting is the star tun of this Traviata
29 Feb 12 / Opera Britannia
Gloomy portents quickly dissolve into sparkling vocal performances
16 Feb 12 / Musical Criticism
Julia Jones' attention to the emotional detail of Verdi's score achieved a searing intensity
14 Feb 12 / The Guardian
It was Capalbo’s splendid Alfredo that proved the evening’s delight
14 Feb 12 / Wales Online
Joyce El-Khoury makes a decent debut with the company as Violetta
14 Feb 12 / The Stage
Verdi's realist tragedy played straight with conviction to moving effect
14 Feb 12 / The Arts Desk
Love on a tombstone in WNO’s La Traviata
14 Feb 12 / Seen and Heard
Production details
Cast
El-Khoury, Capalbo/Clarke/Dixon, Howard, Baldwin, Meinir, Kirk, Wade, Evans, Lloyd, Buttle
(c) Jones/Phillippo (d) McVicar
Performance dates
11, 18, 29 February, 2, 6, 9, 13, 16, 20, 23, 27, 30 March, 5, 7, 10, 13, 20 April 2012 (Various locations)
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