
Announcing Welsh National Opera's 2012-2013 season earlier today, David Pountney took the unusual step of sharing his plans for 2013-2014 as well. He stressed the importance of risk taking and adventure, in spite of the economic challenges lying ahead.
WNO will be staging eight new productions over 2012 – 2014: a Donizetti trilogy (Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, Roberto Devereux), Lulu, Manon Lescaut, Henze’s Boulevard Solitude, Lohengrin and Nabucco. Stuttgart's production of Moses und Aron will also get a UK premiere, and the centenary of Benjamin Britten's birth will be marked with a new production of Paul Bunyan by Welsh National Youth Opera. Each season will be themed, and complemented by a series of concerts.
After several years of largely uninspired programming, Pountney's plans strike a good balance between stuff it's worth schlepping to Cardiff for and bankable revivals. Some solid casting too.
Here are the details:
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