*** There was something slightly surreal about watching a nearly 30-year-old David Pountney production of Simon Boccanegra at Grange Park…
Charming and chilling, MWO, Puccini’s Il tabarro
October 13, 2021Mid Wales Opera’s touring production of Puccini’s Il tabarro demonstrates that this is a company with more sense than money…
Nicholas Lester: Adelaide Eisteddfod to WNO’s Barber via Amazon
September 30, 2021MS: You have had, and continue to have, a strong association with Wales. How did they come about and develop?…
Gareth Glyn: Un Nos Ola Leuad, a new Welsh-language opera
September 1, 2021I’ve been composing to commission for over 40 years now, in about as many genres as you could shake a…
Soprano Elin Pritchard’s opera brainchild Opera Ensemble saves the day
August 25, 2021Lockdown was intended to squash the COVID sombrero in early 2020 but it also flattened Welsh soprano Elin Pritchard’s rising…
Mid Wales Opera to tour with Puccini’s Il tabarro
August 18, 2021The dearth of opera across Wales is to be partially filled by Mid Wales Opera taking a small stage tour…
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…
Falstaff, Verdi, Grange Festival
June 17, 2019I have seen Falstaff more times than I care to remember with various singers in that so famous title role…