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Figaro magnifico
DAVID NICHOLSON welcomes an overdue revival of WNO’s classic production, complete with protests against cuts
Wyn Pencarreg as Doctor Bartolo in WNO's Marriage of Figaro, and members of the WNO chorus protesting cuts
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GEOFF BOTTOMS appreciates the local touch brought to a production of Dickens’s perennial classic
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a production whose design and cartoonish acting overwhelms the close scrutiny of characters
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The Marriage of Figaro
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IF WALES is truly the land of song, then the Welsh National Opera, despite its financial difficulties, is doing its best to live up to the country’s reputation with its revival of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro.
The company tried to bring its 2016 production of Mozart’s opera back to the stage just as the Covid pandemic struck and audiences have had to wait five years to see this stunning opera.
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