Wexford Festival Opera - Wexford | 19 April 2021 |
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The Veiled ProphetWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
A committed performance makes a case for Stanford’s forgotten first opera |
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The unveiling of The Veiled Prophet at the 68th Wexford festival didn't perhaps reveal a great opera |
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L'inganno feliceWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 3 | ![]() |
Ella Marchment’s direction balances comedy, violence and melancholia |
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The production was bang on the money in terms of tone |
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Rossinis Farsa mit flachen Regieeinfällen |
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CendrillonWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 3 | ![]() |
Viardot's Cendrillon is all the more delightful for its concision |
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A light piece of entertainment for the afternoon |
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Erinnerungen auf dem Dachboden |
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Dorilla in TempeWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 5 | ![]() |
The production just tries to get the work across in the best way possible |
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Balance issues and uneven singing compromise a handsome Vivaldi production in Wexford |
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Baroque opera embraces opulance |
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Barocke Opulenz in Wexford |
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Florid campery as Vivaldi’s Dorilla in Tempe travels from Venice to Wexford |
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Don QuichotteWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 6 | ![]() |
It looks marvellous it sounds marvellous |
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Massenet’s masterpiece receives a visually, dramatically and musically stunning presentation |
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An outstanding production of Massenet’s Don Quichotte by Wexford Festival Opera |
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Comedy-tragedy mix makes a complex meditation on ageing |
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Man of La Mancha fiesta: Massenet’s Don Quichotte opens Wexford Festival Opera |
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Bewegendes Alterswerk voller Melancholie |
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La cucinaWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | ![]() |
A novel and imaginative double bill at Wexford Festival Opera |
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A light hors d’oeuvre followed by a delicious dessert starring Levy Sekgapane and Rachel Kelly |
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Hochzeitstorte mit Vorbereitung |
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Rossinian Bake-Off: a delicious double bill at Wexford |
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AdinaWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | ![]() |
A novel and imaginative double bill at Wexford Festival Opera |
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A light hors d’oeuvre followed by a delicious dessert starring Levy Sekgapane and Rachel Kelly |
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Hochzeitstorte mit Vorbereitung |
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Rossinian Bake-Off: a delicious double bill at Wexford |
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Le Docteur MiracleWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
A fun production starring a magnificent omelette |
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Mit Omelette zum Erfolg |
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Il bravoWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 9 | ![]() |
L'opéra romantique comme on le rêve |
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La distribution vocale est inégale, mais comprend de très bons éléments |
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Wexford, if no-where else, continues to make a case for Saverio Mercadante |
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A complicated and intricate plot |
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Una ópera difícil, truculenta y olvidada de Mercadante |
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Abstruse Handlung mit spektakulärer Musik |
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Ekaterina Bakanova excels in Wexford’s staging of Mercadante’s Il Bravo |
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A Wexford round up |
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Sublime music compensates for a weak libretto: Wexford revives Mercadante's Il bravo |
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L'oracoloWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 10 | ![]() |
Leoni and Giordano’s operas work well on their own, but direction falters in double bill coupling |
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La musique est tout aussi séduisante qu’intéressante |
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You can always count on some Italian verismo to give Wexford Festival Opera a bit of an edge |
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Verismo poco conocido de Leoni y Giordano |
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Zweimal Verismo mit schockierendem Ende |
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A Wexford round up |
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The opening few days of Wexford Festival Opera |
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Bloody and marvellous: Wexford Festival Opera opens with a double bill by Leoni and Giordano |
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This year’s Wexford opera festival offered a frenetic Italian double bill and a European premiere |
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A disappointing end to David Agler's regime |
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Mala vitaWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 10 | ![]() |
Leoni and Giordano’s operas work well on their own, but direction falters in double bill coupling |
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Le chef invite à nouveau le meilleur de l’orchestre |
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You can always count on some Italian verismo to give Wexford Festival Opera a bit of an edge |
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Verismo poco conocido de Leoni y Giordano |
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Zweimal Verismo mit schockierendem Ende |
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A Wexford round up |
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The opening few days of Wexford Festival Opera |
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Bloody and marvellous: Wexford Festival Opera opens with a double bill by Leoni and Giordano |
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A disappointing end to David Agler's regime |
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This year’s Wexford opera festival offered a frenetic Italian double bill and a European premiere |
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La fanciulla del WestWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | ![]() |
Elisabetta Farris shines in Puccini’s masterpiece |
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The Wild West comes to Wexford |
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Encomiable esfuerzo pucciniano |
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Ein Hauch vom Wildem Westen im Whites Hotel |
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Dinner at EightWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 11 | ![]() |
L'équipe artistique paraît fort bien rodée et les voix caractérisent au mieux les personnages |
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William Bolcom and Mark Campbell’s opera receives hugely successful showcase |
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How successful Dinner at Eight is on this score is debatable |
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Un buen espectáculo para una ópera de Bolcom |
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Die Party muss weitergehen |
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A Wexford round up |
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Wexford’s European premiere of William Bolcom’s Dinner at Eight |
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The opening few days of Wexford Festival Opera |
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William Bolcom's Dinner at Eight served up at Wexford Festival Opera |
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This year’s Wexford opera festival offered a frenetic Italian double bill and a European premiere |
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A disappointing end to David Agler's regime |
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Don PasqualeWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | ![]() |
A fun take On Donizetti’s comic masterpiece |
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Opera buffa im Rubik's Cube |
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A Wexford round up |
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Wexford enjoys a splendid Don Pasquale |
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RisurrezioneWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 11 | ![]() |
Act IV is worth waiting for... |
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Verismo in Irlanda |
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A stunningly beautiful showcase led by Anne Sophie Duprels that demands re-examination of Alfano’s art |
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Reposición afortunada de Risurrezione de Alfano en Wexford |
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Another rediscovered opera gem at the Wexford Festival |
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This Festival, the tenth in the National Opera House, promised much and did not disappoint |
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Doppelte Auferstehung |
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Anne Sophie Duprels sings a blinder throughout |
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Franco Alfano's Risurrezione brought to life by Wexford Festival Opera |
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‘Medea’ misses the mark while ‘Risurrezione’ goes down a storm |
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The musical text of Risurrezione is unalloyed sludge, turgid and torpid, glutinous in texture and garishly over-coloured |
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CounterpartsWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | ![]() |
There's an almost impressionistic flow to both pieces |
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An exciting double bill that highlights Irish turmoil |
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Milieustudien aus Dublin |
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Sometimes the real gems are found among the afternoon short works |
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The Boarding HouseWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | ![]() |
There's an almost impressionistic flow to both pieces |
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An exciting double bill that highlights Irish turmoil |
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Milieustudien aus Dublin |
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Sometimes the real gems are found among the afternoon short works |
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MargheritaWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 9 | ![]() |
A beautifully constructed piece and wonderfully entertaining |
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Margherita de Foroni en Wexford: una interesante y desconocida ópera |
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Strong production makes case that Foroni could have challenged Verdi for mantle of Italy’s top composer |
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This Festival, the tenth in the National Opera House, promised much and did not disappoint |
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A compelling but neglected Foroni opera at the Wexford Festival |
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Bringing light to unjustly neglected operas |
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Das verhängnisvolle Band |
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An utterly unmissable Margherita at Wexford Festival Opera |
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Conductor Timothy Myers’s approach doesn’t always manage to unlock the score’s full charm or impact |
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MedeaWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 12 | ![]() |
The full force of Cherubini's Medea is felt by the time we get to that conclusion |
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Heavy-handed direction distracts from soprano Lise Davidsen’s stunning showcase |
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El poderío de Lise Davidsen en Medea impresiona en Wexford |
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Lise Davidsen’s powerful voice impresses in the Wexford Festival Opera’s Medea |
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Verworrene Rache einer Mutter |
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This Festival, the tenth in the National Opera House, promised much and did not disappoint |
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Bringing light to unjustly neglected operas |
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Lise Davidsen is very impressive in the demanding title role |
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Conductor Stephen Barlow has dusted off Cherubini’s score |
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‘Medea’ misses the mark while ‘Risurrezione’ goes down a storm |
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A magnificently accomplished cast |
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Lise Davidsen utterly captivating as Medea at Wexford Festival |
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La scala di setaWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 3 | ![]() |
A perfectly entertaining, if uneven, performance |
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Espectáculo modesto y divertido |
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Seidene Tücher und Leitern |
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RigolettoWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 3 | ![]() |
Interesante versión reducida de Rigoletto en Wexford |
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Finstere Geschichte in düsterem Ambiente |
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Rigoletto showcases great new voices at Wexford Festival Opera |
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VanessaWexford Festival OperaNo. of reviews: 9 | ![]() |
Festival d'Opéra de Wexford: Vanessa, de Samuel Barber |
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Una notable ópera, bien servida en Wexford |
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