A trip to the Royal Welsh is always well worth the venture in the wind and rain. With a…
James Ellis reviews The Marriage of Figaro, Welsh National Opera
February 18, 2020With all honesty, this production of the Mozart opera is the one part of the Figaro season from 2016 by…
The Marriage of Figaro, Welsh National Opera, Wales Millennium Centre
February 17, 2020This is a dramatically reworked version of Tobias Richter’s 2016 production and sung in Italian rather than English. It is…
Colin Currie & RWCMD Percussion Ensemble, RWCMD
February 17, 2020Having seen the talents that a handful of the percussionist from the Royal Welsh department had to offer in…
Bartok’s Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion, Royal Welsh College Piano & Percussion
February 13, 2020The Royal Welsh have had a focus on concerts covering the piano and percussion repertoire. In this afternoon concert…
A Murder is Announced – A Miss Marple Mystery, New Theatre, Cardiff
February 12, 2020Before going to see A Murder Is Announced I chatted to a friend about the plot devices to look out…
Mike Smith reviews Les vêpres siciliennes, Welsh National Opera, Wales Millennium Centre
February 9, 2020WNO’s new Les vêpres siciliennes boasts some fine singing, excellent orchestral playing, a number of interesting interpretative ideas. But all…
Chiara Strazzulla reviews Les Vêpres Siciliennes, WNO
February 9, 2020First performed in 1855 at the Paris Opéra, Les Vêpres Siciliennes is a less frequently revisited entry in the Verdi catalogue, and…
The Diary of Anne Frank, Dolman Theatre
February 5, 2020The story of Anne Frank, a 13-year-old Jewish girl forced into hiding with her family in Nazi-occupied Holland, has been…
Catrin Finch & Cimarrón, St David’s Hall
February 5, 2020Hearing Catrin Finch on harp is one of the many great cultural offerings Wales has to offer. To see her…