Tag Archives: Welsh National Opera

The Barber of Seville on tour in Wales and England

Saturday, February 13, 2016 – Friday, April 8, 2016 New Production Spring 2016 Cities The Bristol Hippodrome 15 Mar – 18 Mar Milton Keynes Theatre 29 Mar – 1 Apr Venue Cymru, Llandudno 8 Mar – 11 Mar Birmingham Hippodrome … Continue reading

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MOSES und ARON in Wales

WELSH NATIONAL OPERA PRESENTS: Moses und Aron Schoenberg New Production Imagine you’ve been told the most important thing man has ever been told. What you have been told will change the world and save mankind. You must now share what … Continue reading

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Nabucco in Wales

 WELSH NATIONAL OPERA PRESENTS: NABUCCO Giuseppe Verdi New Production When Nabucco is struck by lightning he proclaims himself to be a god. Others think he is a mad man, a tyrant, yesterday’s news, a father and possibly even a liberator. … Continue reading

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WELSH NATIONAL OPERA PRESENTS “La traviata”

WELSH NATIONAL OPERA PRESENTS Myrto Papatanasiu (Violetta)-Eddie Wade (Baron-Douphol)-Alfie Boe (Alfredo)— Photo Credit: Bill Cooper La traviata Giuseppe Verdi Giorgio Germont has made a terrible mistake. Germont has realised that Violetta, the fallen woman he drove away from his son, … Continue reading

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Welsh National Opera presents “Boulevard Solitude”

Welsh National Opera presents: “Boulevard Solitude” Hans Werner Henze New Production Armand and Manon are penniless but in love. The cruel world of 20th century capitalism and corruption will soon shatter their happiness. They will be left with nothing but … Continue reading

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Welsh National Opera presents “La traviata”

Welsh National opera presents: “La traviata” Giuseppe Verdi Giorgio Germont has made a terrible mistake. Germont has realised that Violetta, the fallen woman he drove away from his son, Alfredo, was the best thing that will ever happen to his … Continue reading

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Welsh National Opera presents “Manon Lescaut”

Welsh National Opera presents: “Manon Lescaut” Giacomo Puccini New Production Manon has been seduced. As an impressionable young woman she wanted it all. She wanted to taste the tempting fruit of adult life. Now just months later she has discovered … Continue reading

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“Hänsel und Gretel” in Munich

  PRESENTS: Hänsel und Gretel Engelbert Humperdinck Libretto by Adelheid Wette Fairy Tale Opera in three pictures Since its first performance in 1893, Humperdinck’s most famous opera Hansel and Gretel has remained constantly popular, becoming over the generations almost synonymous … Continue reading

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Welsh National Opera presents “Tosca”

Welsh National Opera Presents:  “Tosca” Giacomo Puccini Floria Tosca stands in shock, clutching a dagger in her bloodstained hands. An hour before she was singing hymns in church. How did she come to this? Tosca is a fast-paced operatic thriller. … Continue reading

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Donizetti’s Tudor trilogy in Wales…

Welsh National Opera Presents:   The Tudors Trilogy Gaetano Donizetti New Production The Tudors is a landmark event. It is the first time Donizetti’s ‘Three Queens’ operas will have been performed together in Britain. Each opera is a complete experience … Continue reading

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