What a difference some cast changes make (no pun intended) – and also a little resculpting by a revival director….
Tosca, Puccini, Welsh National Opera
February 17, 2018As we moved from the staircase of Wales Millennium Centre in February 16, 2018 to the interior of Rome’s Sant’…
Peace and War in epic proportions, Welsh National Opera, La Forza del Destino
February 2, 2018Mary Elizabeth Williams Keyboards of hyperbole are clattered away every day on shows but rarely does something come along…
Pontio announce fresh programme to Spring into 2018
November 23, 2017Highlights of the January-April 2018 programme at Pontio Arts and Innovation Centre, on sale from 10 am today (Nov 24) , …
Pontio yn cyhoeddi rhaglen fywiog ar gyfer Gwanwyn 2018
November 23, 2017Bydd rhaglen artistig Ionawr-Ebrill 2018 Canolfan Celfyddydau ac Arloesi Pontio, Bangor yn mynd ar werth heddiw, 24 Tachwedd 2017 am…
The World’s Wife poetry becomes a chamber opera
October 10, 2017British composer Tom Green’s first chamber opera The World’s Wife, based on Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy’s 1999 collection of poems, will receive…
From the House of the Dead, Welsh National Opera
October 9, 2017In this season of revivals, with a quasi-Russian Revolution theme, a new Czech musical director Tomáš Hanus in post and…
Natalya Romaniw: My journey from Welsh National Youth Opera to Welsh National Opera
October 6, 2017It’s finally time for me to step into my big girl’s shoes! From one heroine to another, some 10+ years…
Rhian Hutchings: It’s not a Nightmare Scenario – really!! Operasonic
October 2, 2017When I launched Operasonic in 2015, one of the things I knew I wanted to do was create an adventure…
Eugene Onegin, Welsh National Opera, WMC
October 1, 2017Let’s get the production out of the way first and move on to the plus points of this revival of…