Welsh National Opera - War and Peace Reviews
29 March 2024
Lauren Michelle (Natasha), Jonathan McGovern (Prince Andrei Bolkonsky)
General scene
General scene
Joe Roche (Abbe), Jurgita Adamonytė (Helene)
Lauren Michelle (Natasha), Jonathan McGovern (Prince Andrei Bolkonsky)

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War and Peace

Welsh National Opera


No. 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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