This delicious performance of the stripped back to its emotional basics I Pagliacci had an increased poignancy, being the last…
Young Welsh singers in Iford Arts New Generation Artists I Pagliacci
August 31, 2021Young Welsh singers Ryan Vaughan Davies and Thomas Kinch joined his fellow Iford Arts New Generation Artists in a vocally and…
Joshua Owen Mills at Nevill Holt Opera
August 21, 2021Rising young singer Joshua Owen Mills is in excellent company in the new, fun Don Giovanni at Nevill Holt Opera….
Paul Carey Jones at Opera Holland Park
August 1, 2021Welsh baritone Paul Carey Jones is enjoying recognition for his pleasing combination of a fine, robust voice and delight in…
Elin Pritchard sensational performance as Manon Lescaut
July 25, 2021The glorious season for Welsh sopranos (in England) continued with soprano Elin Pritchard giving a sensational performance of Manon Lescaut…
For The Grace Of You Go I, Theatr Clwyd
July 15, 2021LOCKDOWN must immediately have felt to some like a state requiring communication by other means, though perhaps not to the…
Amadigi weaves modern magic at Garsington Opera
July 14, 2021This glorious production of Handel’s Amadigi is both a splendid, spirits (literally) raising experience and why our independent festivals are…
Stalin’s soft spot, Ivan the Terrible, Grange Park Opera
June 22, 2021After some high and lows during his tenure at Welsh National Opera, it is always with some slight trepidation I…
The Marriage of Figaro, Opera Holland Park
June 19, 2021Adversity sometimes brings unexpected opportunity. In this case the requirements of social distancing was overcome by Opera Holland Park by…
Eugene Onegin, Garsington Opera
June 19, 2021Cardiff tenor Sam Furness finds himself in exemplary company – not to mention idyllic location – singing Lensky in Garsington…