Welsh National Opera will return to touring in Wales and England from Autumn this year. WNO is starting its 75th…
The Beauty Parade, Wales Millennium Centre
March 10, 2020The Beauty Parade came to the stage with perfect timing. A deeply affecting narrative telling the not-told-enough story of female…
James Ellis reviews Carmen, Welsh National Opera, Wales Millennium Centre
March 8, 2020Carmen returned to the WMC much quicker than expected. WNO’s recent production has Latin American revolution vibes circa 1970s, originally…
Ffresh Cabaret at Wales Millennium Centre every weekend
March 3, 2020Ffresh Cabaret, a brand-new season of eclectic entertainment for everyone, every weekend will launch at Wales Millennium Centre’s Ffresh bar…
All change at Wales Millennium Centre’s singing festival
February 19, 2020Wales Millennium Centre’s Festival of Voice is returning to Cardiff Bay across four days including the last weekend of October…
The Marriage of Figaro, Welsh National Opera, Wales Millennium Centre
February 17, 2020This is a dramatically reworked version of Tobias Richter’s 2016 production and sung in Italian rather than English. It is…
Mike Smith reviews Les vêpres siciliennes, Welsh National Opera, Wales Millennium Centre
February 9, 2020WNO’s new Les vêpres siciliennes boasts some fine singing, excellent orchestral playing, a number of interesting interpretative ideas. But all…
Chiara Strazzulla reviews Les Vêpres Siciliennes, WNO
February 9, 2020First performed in 1855 at the Paris Opéra, Les Vêpres Siciliennes is a less frequently revisited entry in the Verdi catalogue, and…
The King and I, Wales Millennium Centre
January 10, 2020Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I is considered to be one of the classics of the American Musical, a…
Swish, Dance House, Wales Millennium Centre
November 24, 2019Coming to the Dance House as part of the Cardiff Dance Festival, Swish is a work that cannot truly…