Let’s start simple – who are you, and how would you introduce yourself to someone new? I grew up in the West Country with a very artistic and theatrical father...Read More
1. Let’s start simple – who are you, and how would you introduce yourself to someone new? I’m Richard and I’m the artistic director of Mid Wales Opera, simply what...Read More
There’s more to discover behind Bernstein’s seemingly perfect suburban satire and his jazz-infused storytelling. Read the full blog by our Music Director Jonathan Lyness to find out more! Read More
In May 2020 I described in my MWO Blog how I’d started work creating a new arrangement of Janacek’s stirring masterpiece The Cunning Little Vixen. I’d opened up my laptop,...Read More
“The timpani part in Macbeth stipulates just two timpani. The result? A host of wrong notes for the timpanist! What on earth is going on?” I received an email the...Read More
I have to be honest: I’ve always had a somewhat equivocal relationship with Berlioz. And I know that, amongst musicians and music lovers, I’m not alone. Some of his works...Read More
Credit: Banner artwork by Clive Hicks-Jenkins Fairy Tales are nightmare, not dreamscapes. They play on our primitive and primordial fears. They are the knock in the dark, the crack of...Read More
With less than a month to go until opening night in Newtown on March 4th we caught up with the stars of our first ever production of Hansel and Gretel...Read More
“Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel would never have existed if it wasn’t for the composer’s sister, the German folklore enthusiast Adelheid Wette” The story of Hansel and Gretel begins in 1812...Read More
