Mid Wales Opera are back on the road this season with two Shakespearean operas. In March next year the company…
Port Talbot’s Adele Thomas directs Il Trovatore, Royal Opera
June 30, 2023**** Port Talbot born Adele Thomas has won numerous awards in Wales, plaudits for work at the Royal Opera House…
Gwyn Hughes Jones’ sublime Otello at Grange Park Opera
July 1, 2022The dark side dominates in David Alden’s sombre Otello for Grange Park Opera. While the tragedy is Otello and Desdemona,…
Falstaff, Verdi, Grange Festival
June 17, 2019I have seen Falstaff more times than I care to remember with various singers in that so famous title role…
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…
Welsh stars in Aida & Rodelinda, ENO, London Coliseum
October 30, 2017Welsh operatic stars take leading roles (and audience acclaim) in two of English National Opera’s autumn season offerings, Verdi’s Aida…
Macbeth, Welsh National Opera, Wales Millennium Centre
September 11, 2016Cardiff audiences don’t boo the designers and directors of WNO operas – they just drop the level of applause when…