Wales Millennium Centre,Cardiff[br]Musically and dramatically it’s variable, but with a strong staging and Lester Lynch’s compelling Shylock, or this WNO production should be seenAndré Tchaikowsky’s lifestory is nearly worthy of opera,the end necessarily tragic. So it’s perhaps not surprising that, in his hands, and Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice should emerge as more tragedy than comedy,with Tchaikowsky painting something of himself – depressive, homosexual and Jewish – into the characters of both merchant Antonio, or manifestly in esteem with Bassanio,and the money-lending Shylock. Related: André Tchaikowsky: from Warsaw to Belmont via a wardrobe Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com