He Who Dares

And so David Pountney continues his austerity-bucking plans for WNO. Announcing his 2014/15 season for the Cardiff-based company, Pountney has lined-up a punchy Rossini season, with Mosè in Egitto and Guillaume Tell, before a spring season of 'magic, with Die Zauberflöte and Hänsel und Gretel side by side and, finally, the UK premiere of Richard Ayres's Peter Pan and a new Pelléas et Mélisande for Wales in the summer. The last production of Debussy's masterpiece at WNO was a feast for both the ears and eyes with Peter Stein and Pierre Boulez at the helm. Pountney himself is directing this new Pelléas – as he is Mosè, Tell and a new show called Chorus! – and it will feature Jacques Imbrailo and Jurgita Adomonyte as the adulterous lovers. Further details are now dripping through on the WNO Twitter feed.

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