Since first encountering Xavier Montsalvatge’s music, way back in 1995, MWO’s Music Director has been fascinated by the Catalan composer’s…
Steve Hackett on 50th anniversay tour, St David’s Hall
September 5, 2022July 2022: We are at the fiftieth anniversary of the Genesis album Foxtrot and your forthcoming UK tour celebrates the…
Michael Bell: Cardiff Philharmonic’s 40th anniverary concert
June 20, 2022CARDIFF PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA celebrates its 40th Anniversary this month and will mark the occasion with a special anniversary concert at…
Michael McCarthy – 40 years of making new opera
June 6, 2022Michael McCarthy is Director of Music Theatre Wales and has staged over 30 productions for the company. Productions include Richard…
Tom Coult: writing my first opera, Violet
June 2, 2022Composer Tom Coult, 33, is one of the most distinctive and admired composers of his generation. In 2021, he was…
Cardiff-based Polly Graham on opera at Longborough and further afield
May 25, 2022Cardiff-based opera and theatre director Polly Graham is Artistic Director of Longborough Opera in the Cotswolds. She was a Genesis…
Houston.. Natalya Romaniw hasn’t got a problem.
December 30, 2021It is a very long way between lockdown in Cardiff and rehearsing in Texas for the opening of Houston Grand…
Elena Svinko: Prima Ballerina shares her Christmas insight
December 1, 2021Prima ballerina Elena Svinko dances with the Russian State Ballet & Orchestra of Siberia at St David’s Hall, Cardiff in…
Paul Chuckle: Playing Wishy Washy
December 1, 2021Pantomime is back at Cardiff’s New Theatre. The family favourite Aladdin will feature an all-star cast and promises to…
Paul Fanning: Strange Tales from Everyman Theatre at Chapter.
November 10, 2021THE TELL-TALE HEART Edgar Allan Poe’s 1843 tale of murder and madness. A nameless narrator tells us with aloof…