Welsh National Opera – Les vêpres siciliennes (The Sicilian Vespers) Wales Millennium Centre Saturday 8th February 2020 It was as far back as 1954 that WNO first took on this…

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World – Main Prize Concert 3 St David’s Hall  Tuesday 18th June 2019  Another glorious night at Cardiff Singer. One wonders just how many careers…

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World – Main Prize Concert 2 St David’s Hall Monday 17th June 2019 Cardiff city centre is once agin buzzing with the joy of song…

The spirit of freedom is alive and well at the Wales Millennium Centre. WNO’s latest season started powerfully with Dead Man Walking, creating a great effect on the audience. Within…

Welsh National Opera – Dead Man Walking  Wales Millennium Centre Friday 7th June 2019 WNO’s Freedom season has officially begun, with extensive exhibitions, talks and opera. Lovers of contemporary opera…

Welsh National Opera – Un ballo in maschere (A Masked Ball) Wales Millennium Centre  Saturday 9th February 2019  The Verdi Trilogy from Welsh National is now culminating with its second…

The UK’s current relationship with Russia is at a knife’s edge, though (in all fairness) it has felt like this off and on for years. Though we may struggle with…

Digital Chamber Opera – The World’s Wife Western Studio, Wales Millennium Centre Sunday 15th October 2017 Carol Ann Duffy is the undisputed poet of the people. School children and students…

Welsh National Opera – Eugene Onegin Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff 29th September – 30th November 2017 Eugene Onegin comes to Cardiff as a part of the Russian Revolution Season at…

Music Theatre Wales – The Golden Dragon Sherman Theatre, Cardiff Friday 22nd September 2017 Many have heralded Music Theatre Wales’s previous venture to Welsh language opera as a vital stepping…

Wizard of Oz & Orchestra of Welsh National Opera St David’s Hall Sunday 10th September 2017 It’s September again – that time of year when people have returned from half…

  Welsh National Opera – La bohème Wales Millennium Centre Saturday 28th January 2017 WNO open the new year season with the theme of Love’s Poison Chalice. This will prove…

BBC National Orchestra & Chorus of Wales | Saint David’s Hall | Thursday 1st December 2016 England has honoured the world with many great composers. In a telling concert from BBC NOW, they would…

Welsh National Opera – Macbeth Wales Millennium Centre Saturday 10th September 2016 It’s been 400 years since the passing of the Bard. Shakespeare, who never needs celebrating (because his work is…

Mandela Trilogy | 25th August 2016 | WMC I feel as though I should make something clear before I begin this review. I am not a regular opera-goer. As such,…

Welsh National Youth Opera – Kommilitonen! (Young Blood!) | Memo Arts Centre, Barry | Thursday 28th July 2016 This year has seen the passing of a great composer in contemporary British music….

Welsh National Opera – Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci Wales Millennium Centre Thursday 26th May 2016 WNO is now the ripe old age of 70 years. They’ve come a long way from rehearsing…

Figaro Gets a Divorce & In Parenthesis / Welsh National Opera / Wales Millennium Centre / Sunday 21st February 2016 & Friday 13th May 2016 Article by Weeping Tudor. One of the greatest parts of the…