“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 other day that included a message from our timpanist for...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 in rehearsals. We’re working with some familiar faces – including...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 when two academic brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, publish a...Read More
We’re excited to announce the cast of MWO’s first ever production of Humperdinck’s fabulous fairy tale opera Hansel and Gretel. We will be joined by some familiar faces from our Puss in Boots tour including Philip Smith (Father) and Alys...Read More
We’re inviting you to join us in a fairytale world of magic and myth with our new season launched at Gregynog Hall on Sunday. Launching our Fairy Tales season at our annual Friends of MWO Gala, Executive Director Lydia Bassett...Read More
On Thursday 17 March Mid Wales Opera performs La bohème at The Riverfront, Newport with BSL interpretation by Julie Doyle. Sign Language Week runs from 14-20 March. The annual celebration, organised by the British Deaf Association (BDA), promotes awareness of issues affecting sign-language users and the welfare...Read More
We’re celebrating being back on stage with one of opera’s greatest love stories, La bohème, which concludes our Puccini in Paris Season. It’s time to meet the real bohemians of this timeless tale of love, loss, and longing. Our Music...Read More
…an opera which allegedly needs no introduction… It’s a tough job to introduce an opera which needs no introduction, so we’ll leave that task to our Music Director Jonathan Lyness, a lifelong Figaro fan – and suffice to say Mozart’s...Read More
With our Spanish Hour now firmly on the road, we thought we’d take a minute to introduce the wonderful singers joining us for our Main Stage production of Puccini’s Tosca this Spring! There’s no denying we love Tosca, and so...Read More
