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by Mike Smith
This delicious performance of the stripped back to its emotional basics I Pagliacci had an increased poignancy, being the last…
Young Welsh singers Ryan Vaughan Davies and Thomas Kinch joined his fellow Iford Arts New Generation Artists in a vocally and…
Rising young singer Joshua Owen Mills is in excellent company in the new, fun Don Giovanni at Nevill Holt Opera….
Welsh baritone Paul Carey Jones is enjoying recognition for his pleasing combination of a fine, robust voice and delight in…
The glorious season for Welsh sopranos (in England) continued with soprano Elin Pritchard giving a sensational performance of Manon Lescaut…
by Nigel Jarrett
LOCKDOWN must immediately have felt to some like a state requiring communication by other means, though perhaps not to the…
by Chiara Strazzulla
Bringing a classic play back to the stage can be a challenging task, and the weight of it can…
by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Fascinating Aïda, Britain’s greatest singing trio, have been around in different manifestations since the golden days of 1983. I have…
by James Ellis
In a programme of much verity, Cardiff had the rare appearance of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. These immaculate players kept…
by Tony Woolway
It’s been almost two years since Beth Hart last blew the roof of St David’s Hall and like the recent…
A near snowy afternoon in February featured Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula, Swiss pianist who appears to be making waves in the…
Before going to see A Murder Is Announced I chatted to a friend about the plot devices to look out…
Paul Carey Jones may be based in London and describes himself as Welsh-Irish (his mother’s parents were from Mayo) but…
In 1959 the House of Commons endorsed the principle of public subsidy and the independence of the arts. This largely…
Music Director Jonathan Lyness talks about creating a new score for four instruments to perform Puccini’s Il tabarro, and Artistic…
Dwi wedi bod yn cyfansoddi i gomisiwn am dros ddeugain mlynedd bellach, mewn peth wmbredd o wahanol ffurfiau, ond doeddwn…
I’ve been composing to commission for over 40 years now, in about as many genres as you could shake a…
Where to Belong is the tender, moving autobiographical story of artist and performer Victor Esses’ journey to find home. Esses…
“On a hot August day in 1968, while watching a televised broadcast of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, his father died. Four…
Stories from the homeless community are being staged by Mercury Theatre Wales in a new show. Finding Home will be…
A new festival celebrating the written and spoken word is coming to Mynydd Isa’s community and arts centre, Caffi Isa,…
Wales Millennium Centre is bringing back the Festival of Voice from 4-7 November. Twenty artists have been confirmed to perform…
Simon Evans’ postponed dates have been rescheduled again with tickets for he Work of the Devil on sale. Simon’s last…
Baby, Bird & Bee is to return with performances at Grange Pavilion, Insole Court and The Riverfront. Baby, Bird &…