Welsh National Opera’s Autumn Season will open with a new production of The Makropulos Affair; directed by Olivia Fuchs and…

June is barely over, and already this is proving to be a very interesting Summer for new operas. This is…

Cardiff-based opera and theatre director Polly Graham is Artistic Director of Longborough Opera in the Cotswolds. She was a Genesis…

There is plenty of tricky ground to tread when bringing Madam Butterfly to the stage. One of Puccini’s masterwork, the…

The WNO continues in its exploration of the works of Czech composer Leoš Janáček, this time going back to the…

The opener to the WNO’s much awaited Spring season is a very philological take on Mozart’s classic, the solemn, almost…

Despite attending WNO productions in Cardiff for over twenty years this was the first time I have seen their staging…

MS: You have had, and continue to have, a strong association with Wales. How did they come about and develop?…

What to do if the opera you are directing has ethical and cultural problems? Australian Director Lindy Hume’s solution is…

Paul Carey Jones may be based in London and describes himself as Welsh-Irish (his mother’s parents were from Mayo) but…