Welsh National Opera - War and Peace Reviews | 29 March 2024 |
Performance reviews
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War and PeaceWelsh National OperaNo. of reviews: 23 |
A work ranging from the intensity of personal emotion to the grit of national determination |
5 Aug 19 / Planet Hugill |
The cast are in beautiful sound and the set is dynamic enough to hold attention |
2 Aug 19 / A Younger Theatre |
David Pountney’s farewell flourish, War and Peace, held up well in its transfer to Covent Garden |
1 Aug 19 / The Spectator |
For all the faults of Prokofiev's huge opera, this performance was a superb company achievement |
29 Jul 19 / Planet Hugill |
Pountney feeds musical and visual values into the staging very successfully |
25 Jul 19 / Classical Source |
Welsh National Opera’s spectacularly successful War and Peace comes to Covent Garden |
25 Jul 19 / Seen and Heard |
A stirring War and Peace by WNO at Covent Garden |
25 Jul 19 / Opera Today |
Welsh National Opera comes to London to parade its wares |
25 Jul 19 / Bachtrack |
Fundamentally, though all was not perfect and one or two choices were puzzling, the WNO showed it can be done |
23 Nov 18 / We left at the interval... |
A masterpiece gets a rare and vibrant showcase in the West |
26 Oct 18 / OperaWire |
A bold season opener |
12 Oct 18 / ConcertoNet (English) |
The orchestra under Tomáš Hanus is a wonder |
2 Oct 18 / The Critics' Circle |
A glorious vehicle for the Welsh National Opera Chorus |
26 Sep 18 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
WNO’s stirring production of Prokofiev’s unwieldy theatrical epic rewards ambition |
20 Sep 18 / Seen and Heard |
Ferocious intensity: David Pountney's new War and Peace at Welsh National Opera |
18 Sep 18 / Bachtrack |
Rendered with timely brilliance |
18 Sep 18 / The Stage |
Not quite a masterpiece but a great aural and visual spectacle |
18 Sep 18 / The Arts Desk |
An epic evening of music theatre |
18 Sep 18 / South Wales Argus |
A rare glimpse of Prokofiev's epic opera in a mammoth new production by WNO |
18 Sep 18 / What's on Stage |
This faithful staging of Prokofiev’s propaganda epic is as awe-inspiring as the spire of Salisbury Cathedral |
17 Sep 18 / The Times |
Whatever the constraints, Pountney and his team give us a grand four-hour show sung in English |
17 Sep 18 / Classical Source |
A magnificent production of Prokofiev's flawed opera |
17 Sep 18 / Telegraph |
Ferocity and passion in Prokofiev's rare opera |
17 Sep 18 / The Guardian |
Production details
Cast
Michelle, Le Brocq, McGovern, Bailey, Stout, Platt, Adamonyté, Dwyer, Price, Jones
(c) Hanus (d) Pountney
Performance dates
15, 22, 29(m) September, 13, 20 October, 17, 24 November 2018, 23, 24 July 2019 (various locations)
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