The new year marks the start of a new tenure for Adele Thomas and Sarah Crabtree as they jointly take up the role of Co-CEOs/General Directors of Welsh National Opera. Internationally-acclaimed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nicky Spence and Sally Matthews in Welsh National Opera’s Peter Grimes - Donald Cooper Turbulence in the background, then, and ...

The ground-breaking new opera by Welsh National Opera, Migrations will receive its world premiere in Summer 2022 with further performances in Autumn 22. This brand new work has been designed as a ...

There was something rather exciting about walking into the auditorium and seeing the full extent of the orchestra pit in use, ...

Eighty years after it launched in the shadow of World War Two Welsh National Opera is going through a re-imagining. Funding cuts and changing tastes have forced the company's hand. As they launch the ...

Admittedly it’s a co-production with Scottish Opera and was seen in Glasgow just over a year ago with a different cast. This will have mitigated the cost but not much else. Puccini requires three ...

Welsh National Opera has got in early with its 2015-16 season announcement, but with so many exciting projects lined up for the company’s 70th anniversary it's no surprise they couldn't keep things to ...

Welsh National Opera promises a ‘fast-paced operatic thriller’ that ‘puts you on the edge of your seat and keeps you there’. This is a bold statement to make and the production currently on tour finds ...

Composed in 2003, Ainadamar is described (anonymously) in the Cardiff programme as “a ground-breaking opera for the 21st century.” But in many ways it seems to me something of a throwback, not just to ...