Mid Wales Opera will be back on the road from May 15th with a series of outdoor, Covid safe performances…
Das Rheingold, Longborough Festival Opera
June 9, 2019I am late to the Longborough Festival Opera party, joining just as the remarkable organisation launches a new Ring Cycle,…
La Traviata, Welsh National Opera, WMC
September 22, 2018As an infrequent and slightly trepidatious opera-goer, I welcomed the opportunity to see La Traviata. One of the most performed…
Wythnos yng Nghymru Fydd, Opra Cymru
November 26, 2017Rai misoedd ar ôl i mi brofi Y Tŵr – yr opera gyntaf i mi ei gweld erioed yn yr…
In Parenthesis on the silver screen
June 22, 2016Audiences across Wales and the world will get a chance to see Welsh National Opera’s new opera In Parenthesis this…
In Parenthesis, WNO
May 15, 2016Iain Bell’s score in the seemingly impossible adaptation of David Jones’ In Parenthesis is theatrical and vigorous while as a…
New WW1 WNO Opera
February 1, 2016Welsh National Opera will commemorate WW1 and the centenary of the Battle of the Somme with a world premiere of…
Mike Smith reviews Pelléas et Mélisande, WNO
June 1, 2015David Pountney’s recent opera productions display a near Buddhist philosophy of reincarnation, the continuance of the spirit, the revolution of…