It was a night of celebration at the Sherman Theatre as Music Theatre Wales marked forty years of championing modern…
Michael McCarthy – 40 years of making new opera
June 6, 2022Michael McCarthy is Director of Music Theatre Wales and has staged over 30 productions for the company. Productions include Richard…
Tom Coult: writing my first opera, Violet
June 2, 2022Composer Tom Coult, 33, is one of the most distinctive and admired composers of his generation. In 2021, he was…
Y Tŵr will be free to watch online
April 12, 2021Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru and Music Theatre Wales The video recording of Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru and Music Theatre Wales ground breaking…
Denis & Katya, Music Theatre Wales
February 28, 2020Towards the end of this 70 minutes performance when asked why she thought the story of teenagers Denis and Katya…
Michael McCarthy: Denis & Katya, revolutionary work from Music Theatre Wales
February 11, 2020“Not only is Venables’s newest creation the most brilliantly original operatic work I’ve seen in a decade, it’s a sensitive,…
The Intelligence Park, Music Theatre Wales
October 9, 2019Since its original opening in 1990, Gerald Barry’s very first opera has not seen many outings, and it is…
Michael McCarthy: My Personal Experience of The Intelligence Park
October 4, 2019I attended the world premiere of The Intelligence Park at the Almeida Festival in summer 1990. As a young director…
Passion, Music Theatre Wales & NDCWales, WMC
October 24, 2018Contemporary dance and contemporary music should be a natural fit. Right? Perhaps. But that requires the audience to be comfortable…
Michael McCarthy: Working on Passion, a new dance-opera
September 18, 2018The UK’s leading contemporary opera company, Music Theatre Wales, will join forces with National Dance Company Wales to present PASSION…