Admin

Organization

Bregenzer Festspiele

Singer

Baritone

Lester Lynch

Shylock

Quentin Hayes

Countertenor

Martin Wölfel

Antonio

Tenor

Bruce Sledge

Lorenzo

Bass

Miklós Sebestyén

The Duke of Venice

Mark Le Brocq

Bassanio

Bass-baritone

Gary Griffiths

Solanio

David Stout

Gratiano

Soprano

Lauren Michelle

Jessica

Sarah Castle

Portia

Mezzo-soprano

Verena Gunz

Nerissa

Conductor

Lionel Friend

Stage director

Keith Warner

Amy Lane

Set designer

Ashley Martin-Davis

Lighting designer

Davy Cunningham

Choreographer

Michael Barry

Teatr Wielki - Opera Narodowa

Welsh National Opera

Orchestra

Welsh National Opera Orchestra

English

Der Kaufmann von Venedig -  (The Merchant of Venice)

Llandudno

United Kingdom

Venue Cymru

Birmingham

Hippodrome

Southampton

The Mayflower

Bristol

Cardiff

Wales Millennium Centre

Der Kaufmann von Venedig André Tchaikowsky

Private

The Merchant of Venice

Approved

Shylock is a proud and defiant man. But when he demands a severe debt to be repaid he becomes a victim of his own intransigence and most seriously, the preju...

Trailer: Merchant of Venice André Tchaikowsky

Shylock is proud and defiant but when he demands a debt be repaid, he becomes victim to his own intransigence – and the prejudice of others.

André Tchaikowsky was best known as a concert pianist but being a composer meant more to him. 

The Merchant of Venice is a potent attack on prejudice and feels like a deeply personal response to his experiences as a child in the Warsaw Ghetto. It’s amazing that it has languished unperformed for over three decades. But finally, following the performances David Pountney commissioned at the Bregenz Festival in Austria, we get to see it in the UK.

It goes without saying that this is a deeply serious opera but it is not without its moments of tender beauty. If you like opera to pack an emotional punch, we think this one’s for you.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Co-Producer