***** Sometimes it is a bore being an opera-loving academic classicist. On one hand it can be very helpful knowing…
Natalya Romaniw shines in Ariadne auf Naxos at Garsington
June 26, 2023***** Great things are now expected from the acclaimed Swansea-born Natalya Romaniw, and in Bruno Ravella’s production of Ariadne…
Natalya Romaniw delights in Rusalka at Garsington Opera
July 5, 2022Natalya Romaniw’s performance in Garsington Opera’s first production of Rusalka was delayed by Covid for two years. Then mid-run the…
Houston.. Natalya Romaniw hasn’t got a problem.
December 30, 2021It is a very long way between lockdown in Cardiff and rehearsing in Texas for the opening of Houston Grand…
Jack Furness to direct Rusalka at Garsington Opera
November 16, 2021Welsh producer Jack Furness is to take over from Michael Boyd for Garsington Opera’s 2022 Rusalka. The show is to…
Eugene Onegin, Garsington Opera
June 19, 2021Cardiff tenor Sam Furness finds himself in exemplary company – not to mention idyllic location – singing Lensky in Garsington…
Don Giovanni, Garsington Opera
July 22, 2019Michael Boyd’s concept for Garsington’s Don Giovanni equated the libertine’s rejection of morality at a time of great social change…
Turn of the Screw, Britten, Garsington Opera
July 2, 2019There is no getting away from this being a deeply troubling story with disturbing themes whether suggested or apparent. This…
Bartered Bride, Smetana, Garsington Opera
July 2, 2019With Swansea-born soprano Natalya Romaniw in the leading role, this Bartered Bride is no submissive chattel. Far from it, she…
Natalya Romaniw: From Welsh National Youth Opera to Welsh National Opera
October 6, 2017Natalya Romaniw’s journey to the professional stage in 2017 with selection of images of her recent roles It’s…