Wales Reviews/ Adolygiadau Cymru
Trouble in Tahiti, Mid Wales Opera, Abergavenny
Subverting or undermining the so-called American Dream has been both easy and inviting, not least for Americans themselves, with their...
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Tag: Jonathan Lyness
In My Words/ Yn Fy Ngeiriau Fy Hun
Jonathan Lyness: Mid Wales Opera’s Shakespeare season
Mid Wales Opera are back on the road this season with two Shakespearean operas. In March next year the company...
In My Words/ Yn Fy Ngeiriau Fy Hun
Jonathan Lyness on Mid Wales Opera’s Hansel and Gretel
Mid Wales Opera’s new production of Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretal opens on March 4 and tours through the spring. Musical...
In My Words/ Yn Fy Ngeiriau Fy Hun
Jonathan Lyness: The Magic of Montsalvatge
Since first encountering Xavier Montsalvatge’s music, way back in 1995, MWO’s Music Director has been fascinated by the Catalan composer’s...
News/ Newyddion
Mid Wales Opera Fairy Tale season
Mid Wales Opera are inviting audiences to join them in a Fairy Tale world of magic and myth with their...
Wales Reviews/ Adolygiadau Cymru
Charming and chilling, MWO, Puccini’s Il tabarro
Mid Wales Opera’s touring production of Puccini’s Il tabarro demonstrates that this is a company with more sense than money...
In My Words/ Yn Fy Ngeiriau Fy Hun
Creating Mid Wales Opera’s Parisian love affair
Music Director Jonathan Lyness talks about creating a new score for four instruments to perform Puccini’s Il tabarro, and Artistic...
News/ Newyddion
Mid Wales Opera to tour with Puccini’s Il tabarro
The dearth of opera across Wales is to be partially filled by Mid Wales Opera taking a small stage tour...
Music
The Marriage of Figaro, Opera Holland Park
Adversity sometimes brings unexpected opportunity. In this case the requirements of social distancing was overcome by Opera Holland Park by...
In My Words/ Yn Fy Ngeiriau Fy Hun
Jonathan Lyness: The Gin-fuelled Mrs Peachum
John Gay’s ballade opera The Beggar’s Opera was first performed at the Lincoln’s Inn Fields Theatre in London in 1728...