Mid Wales Opera are back on the road this season with two Shakespearean operas. In March next year the company…
Jonathan Lyness on Mid Wales Opera’s Hansel and Gretel
February 2, 2023Mid Wales Opera’s new production of Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretal opens on March 4 and tours through the spring. Musical…
Jonathan Lyness: The Magic of Montsalvatge
September 16, 2022Since first encountering Xavier Montsalvatge’s music, way back in 1995, MWO’s Music Director has been fascinated by the Catalan composer’s…
Jonathan Lyness: Conducting The Marriage of Figaro
January 17, 2020My first experience of The Marriage of Figaro was as a student, accompanying rehearsals and, in my days as a…
Jonathan Lyness: The Gin-fuelled Mrs Peachum
August 30, 2019John Gay’s ballade opera The Beggar’s Opera was first performed at the Lincoln’s Inn Fields Theatre in London in 1728…