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Two new productions lead Welsh National Opera [ From category News ] [ Article date: 2023-12-19 ] [ From city Cardiff ] [ Country Tara Galilor ]   WNO Music Director Tomáš Hanus conducts a new production of Mozart`s Così fan tutte starring Sophie Bevan and Rebecca Evans and directed by Max Hoehn WNO collaborate with NoFit State and Firenza Guidi to stage Britten`s Death in Venice for the first time, directed by Olivia Fuchs and featuring Mark Le Brocq and Roderick Williams WNO Orchestra to perform an Opera Favourites concert alongside the Spring opera tour with music from some of opera`s best-known composers Welsh National Opera`s Spring Season opens with two new productions; an operatic favourite from Mozart, and a rare chance to see Britten`s final opera. Così fan tutte First up is a new production of Mozart`s Così fan tutte under the baton of WNO Music Director Tomáš Hanus. Max Hoehn returns to direct this coming-of-age tale which takes audiences back to school where four young students discover the highs and lows of falling in love. The production is designed by Jemima Robinson. The production design takes its visual inspiration from the seventies with a familiar classroom, canteen and locker room school set-up and vintage textbook illustrations. Soprano Sophie Bevan returns to WNO to sing the role of Fiordiligi, and Welsh soprano Rebecca Evans also returns as Despina who in this production is depicted as a canteen/dinner lady. Making their role debuts in this new production are Kayleigh Decker (Dorabella), Egor Zhuravskii (Ferrando) and James Atkinson (Guglielmo) who alongside Sophie Bevan make up the foursome of young lovers. Also joining the cast is José Fardilha as Don Alfonso. Death in Venice WNO will also stage a new production of Britten`s Death in Venice during the Spring Season, which will be the first time the Company has staged this opera. Olivia Fuchs returns to WNO to direct Death in Venice, with Circus Design and Direction from NoFit State and Firenza Guidi. Based on the novella of the same name by Thomas Mann, the story follows writer Gustav von Aschenbach as he journeys to Venice to rid himself of his writer`s block. While there, he becomes infatuated with the youthful and beautiful Tadzio. NoFit State will bring a mixture of acrobatics that will incorporate silks, straps and slackropes and other circus elements, which interweave throughout the opera, exploring an edgy quirkiness and adding to the lyricism of the piece. British Conductor Leo Hussain will make his WNO debut conducting this new production. Mark Le Brocq returns to WNO to make his role debut as Aschenbach, with Roderick Williams as the Traveller guiding him towards his fate. Alexander Chance will sing the countertenor role of the Voice of Apollo. Also joining the cast and making his Company debut in the role of Tadzio is Antony César. Antony is a variety and circus performer who won the Golden Buzzer on France`s version of Britain`s Got Talent, La France Incroyable Talent. The Season also provides another opportunity for WNO`s current Associate Artists, to participate in the opera productions, with two of the singers, Emily Christina Loftus and Beca Davies joining the Death in Venice cast. Nicola Turner also returns to WNO to design this new production which contain images of ravishing beauty and will see the early 20th century acting as a mirror to our times, as well as exploring of the grotesque hidden beneath the search for the sublime. The creative team is completed by Lighting Designer Robbie Butler and Video Designer Sam Sharples.

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