In Conversation with Opera Director, Daisy Evans
It is an interesting time for Opera.┬á What audiences nowadays expect and desire from the arts has meant that the […]
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Review: Welsh National Opera’s The Magic Flute at Wales Millenium Center
Words by Cyntia Sudomir Mozart’s fairy tale with subversive symbolism comes to life once again at the Wales Millennium Centre,
Review: Welsh National Opera’s La Boh├¿me
25th September 2022 at Wales Millennium Center Words by Billy Edwards I was at first nervous about seeing La┬áBoheme┬ábecause of┬áit’s
Rigoletto at the Millennium Centre: WNO embraces the #MeToo movement in iconic new setting of Verdi’s masterpiece | Review
by Andrea Gaini Ôÿà Ôÿà Ôÿà Ôÿà The Welsh National Opera is well-known for bold and often politically active productions,
Review | The Cunning Little Vixen
By Neus Forner ÔÿàÔÿàÔÿà The Cunning Little Vixen is a Czech opera by Leo┼í Jan├í─ìek that follows the story of
Carmen | Review
By Dolunay Dogahan A rather intriguing mix of a band consisting of guitar, percussion and the saxophone sets the mood
La Traviata | Opera Review
By Mel Lynch ÔÿàÔÿàÔÿà This Autumn, the Welsh National Opera has a taken over our beloved Millennium centre, so naturally
War and Peace | Review
By Ilona Cabral ÔÿàÔÿà David Pountney’s new production of Mendelson and Prokofievs Operatic version of War and Peace is certainly
Acis and Galatea review: an ethusiastic and cheerful cast pulls off a difficult opera
ÔÿàÔÿàÔÿàÔÿåÔÿå by Vittoria Zerbini This year, the Cardiff University Operatic Society (CUOS) has decided to stage Acis and Galatea by
“Acis and Galatea”: Cardiff University Operatic Society’s take on the English classic pastoral opera
by Vittoria Zerbini The Cardiff University Operatic Society has, ever since its emergence, staged many concerts. A few examples are
Don Giovanni review: an entertaining and delightful production
by Andrea Gaini ÔÿàÔÿàÔÿàÔÿàÔÿà A delightful opera season could not have been ended in a better way by the Welsh
The Barber of Seville review: Swansea City Opera successfully attempt a hard revival
ÔÿàÔÿàÔÿàÔÿåÔÿå by Andrea Gaini Rossini’s The Barber of Seville is one of the wittiest and most entertaining operas in history.
Tosca review – a fair revival to Puccini’s masterpiece
ÔÿàÔÿàÔÿàÔÿåÔÿå by Andrea Gaini Wales Millennium Centre, 09/02/2018 Pictures by: Richard Huber Smith After Madam Butterfly and La Boh├¿me, the
La Forza del Destino review: a beautiful and inspiring production
ÔÿàÔÿàÔÿàÔÿàÔÿå by Andrea Gaini Wales Millennium Centre, 02/02/2018 What is destiny? Is there a way to make things go right?
Review: Madam Butterfly, Wales Millennium Centre
Madam Butterfly is the powerful opera by Giacomo Puccini which depicts the story of Cio-Cio-San or ‘Madam Butterfly’ who partakes
Preview: Welsh National Opera, Kiss Me, Kate
“1940s Baltimore and it’s op’nin’ night of a musical version of┬áThe Taming of the Shrew. Rehearsals are over, costumes donned
Review: Verdi’s Nabucco, St. David’s Hall
Award winning director Ellen Kent graced Cardiff with her tour of Verdi’s Nabucco this week. The story’s libretto is studded
Review: Bizet Carmen, St David’s Hall.
Bizet’s gracefully hypnotic, four act opera, Carmen, hit the stage of St David’s Hall this week and its success was
Hidden Gems for the Curious Student
Culture editors Jasmine Freeman and Elouise Hobbs bring you ten of Cardiff’s cultural treasures you wish you knew about. Go
Fallen Women, Falling Myths
With the beginning of the Welsh National Opera’s new season; ÔÇÿFallen Women’, in Wales Millennium Centre next week, the subject