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...
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Tag: Verdi
News/ Newyddion
Port Talbot’s Adele Thomas directs Il Trovatore, Royal Opera
**** Port Talbot born Adele Thomas has won numerous awards in Wales, plaudits for work at the Royal Opera House...
Wales Reviews/ Adolygiadau Cymru
Gwyn Hughes Jones’ sublime Otello at Grange Park Opera
The dark side dominates in David Alden’s sombre Otello for Grange Park Opera. While the tragedy is Otello and Desdemona,...
Music
Falstaff, Verdi, Grange Festival
I have seen Falstaff more times than I care to remember with various singers in that so famous title role...
Wales Reviews/ Adolygiadau Cymru
La Traviata, Welsh National Opera, WMC
As an infrequent and slightly trepidatious opera-goer, I welcomed the opportunity to see La Traviata. One of the most performed...
Wales Reviews/ Adolygiadau Cymru
Welsh stars in Aida & Rodelinda, ENO, London Coliseum
Welsh operatic stars take leading roles (and audience acclaim) in two of English National Opera’s autumn season offerings, Verdi’s Aida...
Wales Reviews/ Adolygiadau Cymru
Macbeth, Welsh National Opera, Wales Millennium Centre
Cardiff audiences don’t boo the designers and directors of WNO operas – they just drop the level of applause when...