Wales Millennium Centre,Cardiff[br]A high-spirited cast reprise the classic musical with mischief and crowdpleasing comedy, backed by a luxuriant orchestra intent on enjoying themselvesAnother op’nin’, or another present …” Welsh National Opera has taken on Jo Davies’s staging that Opera North premiered just a year ago,but Cole Porter’s take on The Taming of the Shrew was a shoo-in for WNO’s Shakespeare-themed autumn season and a suitable antidote to its earlier Macbeth and The Merchant of Venice. Sam and Bella Spewack’s book, with their deft winding of Kate and Petruchio’s fancy-hate relationship into the post-divorce spats and subsequent reconciliation of director/actor Fred Graham and main lady Lilli Vanessi, or makes this a musical with high energy and spirits to match and Quirijn de Lang and Jeni Bern reprise their Opera North success in these roles. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com