In the luminous stone sanctuary of 11th-century Brecon Cathedral, listening to one of opera’s earliest masterpieces, it was hard not…
Trouble in Tahiti, Mid Wales Opera, Abergavenny
November 15, 2025Subverting or undermining the so-called American Dream has been both easy and inviting, not least for Americans themselves, with their…
Mid Wales Opera tours with Pagliacci
September 29, 2024Tickets are on sale for Mid Wales Opera new SmallStages production of Pagliacci, following a gargantuan effort to raise finances after the…
Mid Wales Opera thrown a lifeline – your turn!
May 29, 2024Mid Wales Opera which had been threatened with closure as a result of Arts Council Wales (ACW) cuts has been…
Wales’ cultural organisations need to get out of silos
May 8, 2024It would be wonderful if the people and politicians (and even other cultural organisations) in Wales shared the view of…
Mid Wales Opera funding appeal as tour under way
October 19, 2023Mid Wales Opera’s ‘Beatrice & Benedict’ enthrals audiences and impresses critics as it begins SmallStages Tour while Arts’ Council Wales…
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…
Mid Wales Opera loses its £107k Arts Council Wales funding
September 27, 2023In a hammer blow to opera in Wales and to Welsh singers, Mid Wales Opera has lost its £107k annual…
Mid Wales Opera’s autumn 2023 tour: Beatrice and Benedict
September 26, 2023Tickets are now on sale for all venues included in Mid Wales Opera venues on their SmallStages Tour of Berlioz’s…
Hänsel and Gretel, Mid Wales Opera, Riverfront, Newport
March 25, 2023Could this all just be a transposition of Humperdinck’s take on the popular Grimm and grisly tale of the witch…