Subverting or undermining the so-called American Dream has been both easy and inviting, not least for Americans themselves, with their…
Jonathan Lyness: Mid Wales Opera’s Shakespeare season
October 7, 2023Mid Wales Opera are back on the road this season with two Shakespearean operas. In March next year the company…
Jonathan Lyness on Mid Wales Opera’s Hansel and Gretel
February 2, 2023Mid Wales Opera’s new production of Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretal opens on March 4 and tours through the spring. Musical…
Jonathan Lyness: The Magic of Montsalvatge
September 16, 2022Since first encountering Xavier Montsalvatge’s music, way back in 1995, MWO’s Music Director has been fascinated by the Catalan composer’s…
Mid Wales Opera Fairy Tale season
July 26, 2022Mid Wales Opera are inviting audiences to join them in a Fairy Tale world of magic and myth with their…
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…
Creating Mid Wales Opera’s Parisian love affair
September 2, 2021Music Director Jonathan Lyness talks about creating a new score for four instruments to perform Puccini’s Il tabarro, and Artistic…
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…
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…
Jonathan Lyness: The Gin-fuelled Mrs Peachum
August 30, 2019John Gay’s ballade opera The Beggar’s Opera was first performed at the Lincoln’s Inn Fields Theatre in London in 1728…