The third opera in the Autumn Season is a revival of David McVicarвЂ™s production of La traviata, conducted by James Southall.

I also hope our audiences are able to enjoy and to have fun, and experience, as Leonard Bernstein said, вЂThe Joy of MusicвЂ™ as we will also be performing La Cenerentola, a piece that has the power and beauty to show everybody just how beautiful music is.вЂ™ I would love for these evenings to become a very personal sharing of this touching story and beautiful music. This is going to be a very exciting and touching experience for all of us and for our audience. I am very much looking forward to working on this masterpiece with our wonderful Orchestra, Chorus and the soloists. TomГЎЕЎ Hanus says: вЂThe centenary of the ending of the First World War is reflected in a very strong way in ProkofievвЂ™s War and Peace. Completing the cast are Wojtek Gierlach, Aoife Miskelly and Heather Lowe. Three Italian singers with an excellent bel canto reputation also join the cast in their debuts with the Company: Matteo Macchioni (Don Ramiro) Fabio Capitanucci (Don Magnifico) and Giorgio Caoduro (Dandini). We are delighted to welcome Tara Erraught to WNO in her main scale debut with the Company, taking the title role of Angelina. This light and colourful opera is based on the Cinderella story and follows Angelina from her humble beginnings to her fairy tale ending, culminating in her final aria, Non piГ№ mesta. The rest of the cast includes Mark Le Brocq as Pierre and Jonathan McGovern as Andrei, with Jurgita AdamonytГ©, Leah-Marian Jones, Simon Bailey, David Stout, Adrian Dwyer, James Platt, Clive Bayley, and members of the WNO Chorus taking multiple roles to emphasise the idea of a вЂcollective narrativeвЂ™.ДЄutumn will also include the first revival of WNOвЂ™s 2007 production of RossiniвЂ™s La Cenerentola, conducted by TomГЎЕЎ Hanus. We are delighted that soprano Lauren Michelle will return to WNO following her performances in The Merchant of VeniceВ to take the role of Natasha in War and Peace. This will be a performing version based on Katya Ermolaeva and Rita McAllisterвЂ™s new critical edition of ProkofievвЂ™s original score, and will be performed in English. This provides the perfect atmosphere for this вЂcollective narrativeвЂ™ in which Russian society joins together to tell and celebrate the story of its survival. Robert Innes Hopkins has based his design on the wooden amphitheatre he created for WNOвЂ™s 2016 production of In Parenthesis. Prokofiev began writing the opera in the 1940s, and fittingly for an opera with such strong themes of both war and peace, it will be performed during the centenary commemoration of the 1918 armistice. TomГЎЕЎ Hanus will make a much-anticipated return to the main stage following a critically-acclaimed Season in Autumn 2017, joining once again with David Pountney who will direct.Д«ased on Leo TolstoyвЂ™s pivotal novel, the opera portrays with charm and affection the private lives of a section of Russian aristocratic society, and then examines what happens when these personalities, along with the entire Russian people, are caught up in the maelstrom of NapoleonвЂ™s invasion in 1812. WNO returns to Russia in the Autumn Season with a new production of ProkofievвЂ™s War and Peace. In his last year with the Company, it is testament to his artistic legacy with WNO that his production of From the House of the DeadВ will be performed at the JanГЎДЌek Brno Festival 2018 on 2 December, home of the composer himself and of WNO Music Director TomГЎЕЎ Hanus who will conduct this performance.

We are delighted that David will continue to work with the Company as a director in the future and will return to WNO for future projects, including in Spring 2020 to direct the final part of the Verdi trilogy, Les vГЄpres siciliennes. In what will be his final year as WNO Artistic Director, David Pountney will work across all three artistic Seasons on a programme that will celebrate the breadth of his artistic direction and the influence of his creative programming on the Company. The Season includes a new production of War and PeaceВ in the Autumn, the continuation of a three-year Verdi trilogy with a new production of Un ballo in mascheraВ in the Spring. Welsh National Opera has announced its artistic programme for 2018/2019.

Extensive orchestral touring programme in England and Wales including further family concerts.

Plans for a special amnesty-themed summer season, uniting the main company with Youth Opera and Community Chorus.

Continuation of Verdi trilogy in Spring 2019 with a new production of Un ballo in maschera.

Season opens with a new production of ProkofievвЂ™s epic War and Peace.

Welsh National Opera is thrilled to announce our artistic programme for 2018/2019 which will include two new productions, four revivals and a selection of WNO Orchestra concerts.

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