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Showing posts with label WNO. Show all posts
Monday, 7 April 2025

Remarkable intensity: powerful new 1980s-set Peter Grimes from Melly Still at Welsh National Opera with Nicky Spence

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Britten: Peter Grimes - Nicky Spence - Welsh National Opera, 2025 (Photo: Dafydd Owen) Britten: Peter Grimes; Nicky Spence, Sally Matthews,...
Wednesday, 26 March 2025

Music and health: success for Wellness with WNO and expansion for ENO Breathe

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WNO Producer April Heade who helped develop Wellness with WNO The link between music, performance and health is one that performers (both am...
Friday, 21 February 2025

Welsh artists and Welsh stories: Welsh National Opera celebrates its 80th birthday with a 2024/25 season that manages to make a stir, even with insufficient funding

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Edward Dick's production of Puccini's Tosca  with Robert Hayward as Scarpia at Opera North in 2023 (Photo: James Glossop) Welsh Nati...
Tuesday, 1 October 2024

A special treat: strong individual performances & superb ensemble in WNO's revival of Puccini's Il trittico

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Puccini: Il tabarro - Yvonne Howard, Natalya Romaniw - Welsh National Opera (Photo: Craig Fuller) Puccini: Il trittico , Dario Solari, Nata...
Monday, 15 July 2024

Dynamic duo: director Adele Thomas and creative producer Sarah Crabtree to take over as WNO's General Director and CEO

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Adele Thomas Welsh National Opera has announced that opera and theatre director Adele Thomas and creative producer Sarah Crabtree will joint...
Monday, 11 March 2024

Something astonishing: Olivia Fuchs' new production of Britten's Death in Venice for Welsh National Opera involved a collaboration with circus arts, NoFit State

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Britten: Death in Venice - Mark Le Brocq, Antony César Welsh National Opera (Photo Johann Persson) Britten: Death in Venice ; Mark Le Brocq...
Friday, 1 December 2023

Tair Llythyren | La mamma morta | Three Letters

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To mark World AIDS Day 2023, Welsh National Opera has released a special new version of La mamma morta , featuring WNO Orchestra, soprano C...
Friday, 21 April 2023

The Pied Piper & The Crab: WNO Youth Opera in double bill by Jonathan Willocks & Paul Ayres

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The 80-strong voices of WNO Youth Opera will be back on stage at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff on 27 and 28 May 2023 with a double ...
Monday, 13 March 2023

Imagination and belief in a hostile climate: new seasons from Welsh National Opera and Opera North

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Golijov's Ainadamar  at Scottish Opera, a production coming to Welsh National Opera (Photo James Glossop) New seasons from Welsh Nationa...
Wednesday, 30 November 2022

Finalists announced for the Voice of Black Opera Competition

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Monday 5 December 2022 sees the final of the Voice of Black Opera Competition at Birmingham Town Hall. The five finalists are: Rachel Ducket...
Monday, 28 November 2022

A hugely ambitious company achievement: Will Todd's Migrations from Welsh National Opera

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Will Todd: Migrations - Jamal Zulfiqar, Natasha Agarwal, Bollywood Ensemble in This is the Life  - Welsh National Opera (Photo Craig Fuller...
Saturday, 26 November 2022

I want to live forever: Angeles Blancas Gulin is mesmerising as Emilia Marty in Olivia Fuchs terrific new production of The Makropulos Affair at WNO

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Janacek: The Makropulos Affair - Angeles Blancas Gulin in Act Three - Welsh National Opera (Photo Richard Hubert Smith) Janacek: The Makrop...
Friday, 29 July 2022

2117 / Hedd Wyn: Stephen McNeff & Gruff Rhys' Welsh-language music theatre piece for WNO to be released on Tŷ Cerdd Records

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2117 / Hedd Wyn is a Welsh-language music theatre piece by composer Stephen McNeff and librettist Gruff Rhys (best known as a member of Supe...
Thursday, 2 June 2022

Will Todd's Migrations reaches the stage at Welsh National Opera later this month

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The premiere of Will Todd's new opera Migrations  has been a long time in coming. Planned for 2020, the project is finally coming to fr...
Monday, 16 May 2022

Young Talent showcased in Welsh National Opera's Summer & Autumn productions

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WNO Youth Opera in Brundibár in 2019 (Photo Johan Persson) Welsh National Opera has a busy Summer planned for members of the company's ...
Tuesday, 27 July 2021

WNO's Arralleirio | Rearrange

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Welsh National Opera (WNO) is releasing a new series of online films. Arralleirio | Rearrange features older, well-known operatic arias re...
Friday, 11 June 2021

WNO returns to large-scale touring with a new look at Madam Butterfly and plans for the premiere of Will Todd's Migrations

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Welsh National Opera will be returning to large-scale touring this Autumn as part of its recently announced plans for the 2021/22 season. Au...
Monday, 7 June 2021

Family opera in Wales and young people's opera in Northern Ireland.

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Will Todd: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Fflur Wyn at Opera Holland Park in 2017 (Photo Alex Brenner) Welsh National Opera is retu...
Friday, 16 April 2021

Welsh National Opera is 75

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Yesterday (15 April 2021) marked Welsh National Opera's 75th birthday. The company's first performance was on 5 April 1946 at Princ...

Youthful opportunities: musical activities for young people and more from Opera North, the Liverpool Phil and Welsh National Opera

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Opera North Orchestra Academy (Photo Justin Slee) Nowadays, community engagement for professional music ensembles (orchestras, opera compani...