Organization

Tomáš Hanus

Conductor

Singer

Soprano

Chen Reiss

Sopran

Welsh National Opera

WNO Orchestra

Love and Loss

Cardiff

United Kingdom

St David's Hall

Love and Loss: Romeo and Juliet (overture-fantasia), TH 42 Tchaikovsky, P. (+2 More)

Public

Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

Four Last Songs

Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, op. 68

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Inspired by William Shakespeare’s tragic play, WNO Orchestra and WNO Music Director Tomáš Hanus navigate the turbulent relationship between the Montagues and the Capulets, painting a vivid image of doomed love, fate and sacrifice in Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture.

An ode to life in all its intensities, Strauss's Four Last Songs is a sublime swan song and fond farewell to the world. Warm, wise and reflective in nature, this much-loved collection of songs will take your breath away and will see soprano Chen Reiss join WNO Orchestra for her first appearance with the Company.

Completing the programme is one of the greatest symphonies of the Austro-German tradition, Brahms’s Symphony No 1, which combines the intracity of a Bach fugue with the energy of a Beethovenian masterpiece. An inexhaustible fountain of deep pleasure and dramatic flair, this piece is full of exciting twists and turns that’ll keep you at the edge of your seat. 

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English

Love and Loss by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Richard Strauss, Johannes Brahms, From (2023/2023), Conductor Tomáš Hanus

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Welsh National Opera

Tomáš Hanus

Ensemble

WNO Orchestra

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