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Format: Opera
Genre: Comedy
Date: October 5 2016
Location: Liverpool Empire Theatre, Liverpool, England
Kiss Me, Kate is the latest nationwide offering from the Welsh National Opera group, following Sweeney Todd last year. In contrast to Sweeney Todd, where the tone was darkly comical at times and the overall premise was sinister, here we have a feel-good comedy story, with opera music explaining the plot and providing some additional memorable musical moments. The story is mostly easy to follow, the cast perform very well and the songs are of a high quality, which results in this being another strong production by the WNO team.
In this case, there is a show within a show. The premise is that a Broadway version of the classic Shakespeare tale The Taming Of The Shrew is about to present its opening night performance. Adding to the intrigue, the lead performers in the show - Petruchio a.k.a. Fred Graham, played by Quirijn de Lang, and Katherine/Lilli Vanessi, played by Jeni Bern - have previously been married but have now been divorced for one year; however, some friendly teasing and dancing seems to rekindle their romance prior to show time. Which creates an awkward situation when Fred has one of his assistants deliver flowers and a romantic card intended for another cast member, only for it to fall into Lilli's hands, who only discovers the truth by reading the card during the course of the show, when she is playing Katherine and Fred is playing Petruchio.
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