Tag Archives: Tristan Llyr Griffiiths

Flying Dutchman, Welsh National Opera, April 2026

This was a musical treat under the baton of Tomáš Hanus, who is sadly leaving the WNO after ten years. He fully brought out the energy and inspiration that Wagner put into this work — the first of his extraordinary music dramas — which changed the face of opera. See my review in The Article.

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Magic Flute, Welsh National Opera, March 2023

Mozart’s final opera, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) is a masterpiece. It sets the realm of night and obscurantism against that of daylight and rational thinking. These opposing worlds are ruled by the Queen of the Night, and Sarastro, named after the great Iranian prophet Zoroaster. Sadly the depth of this opera is lost in …

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