Welsh Soprano Mari Wyn Williams is a Graduate of Wales International Academy of Voice where she studied with Dennis O’Neill. She was a finalist at both the London Wagner competition and Elizabeth Connell competition for Dramatic Sopranos in Sydney, Australia. Roles include Ellen Orford Peter Grimes (Kensington Symphony Orchestra and the Epiphoni Consort), Woglinde Das Rheingold (Longborough Festival Opera), Fiordiligi Così fan tutte (Swansea City Opera), Musetta La bohème (MWO), title role Tosca (Opera Project), Helmwige Die Walküre (Grange Park Opera), and Ortlinde and ‘cover’ Brünnhilde The Valkyrie (ENO co-production with the Met, New York, directed by Richard Jones and conducted by Martyn Brabbins and Anthony Negus).
Only a few months ago we thought Mid Wales Opera was finished. Now, thanks to a funding lifeline from Powys County Council, we are within touching distance of having a sustainable plan to keep on producing live and local opera across Wales for at least three years.