WNO opens its Spring season with this interesting take on a work out of the Verdian repertoire which, while by…
La Cenerentola, WNO, Wales Millennium Centre
October 6, 2018WNO closes its Autumn season on an upbeat note with Rossini’s La Cenerentola, a humorous and quick-witted take on the famous…
New Voices: Don Giovanni, Welsh National Opera
March 13, 2018Don Giovanni was a beautiful production at the Wales Millennium Centre by the Welsh National Opera. The show was witty,…
Video interview Mary Elizabeth Williams, Tosca, WNO
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Tosca, Welsh National Opera, Wales Millennium Centre
February 26, 2018The Welsh National Opera production of Tosca wisely chooses to give a philological rendition of the opera, setting it in the…
Tosca, Puccini, WNO, WMC
February 26, 2018Like most Cardiff based critics who review opera, Welsh National Opera’s eternal staging of Tosca, has had a frequent stage…
The World’s Wife, Wales Millennium Centre
October 21, 2017The World’s Wife by WNO, Taliesin Art Centre, Echo Forest and the Mavron Quartet The original source of the title…
Madam Butterfly, WNO, Wales Millennium Centre
February 12, 2017I have seen this production of Madame Butterfly many times and yet each time it manages to be just that little…
La Bohème, Welsh National Opera, WNO, Cardiff
January 30, 2017Annabel Arden’s La Bohème is marked by the fresh, youthful enthusiasm of the cast in a generally charming production. Here…
Russian festival in Cardiff in 2017
November 17, 2016O Bozhe! A series of largely music events is being planned in Cardiff to mark the centenary of the 1917 Revolution. The…