Welsh National Opera
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Paule Constable...design while working in the music business. Opera includes many designs for the Royal Opera, English National Opera, Glyndebourne, Opera North, Scottish Opera and Welsh National Opera. Abroad she has worked in Paris, Salzburg,... In this article: Laurence Olivier Award, Royal Shakespeare Company, Welsh National Opera, and Opera North |
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Telegraph.co.uk - Arts | September 18, 2008
Review: La Fanciulla del West at the Royal Opera House and The Tales of Hoffmann from Mid Wales Opera
...in Olympia's coloratura), this is a hugely enjoyable staging, alive to all the ambiguities and resonances of a weird, flawed masterpiece. Could Opera North or Welsh National Opera sign Hopkins up to develop his ideas on a larger scale?
In this article: The Tales of Hoffmann, La fanciulla del West, and Antonio Pappano
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Daily Express | September 05, 2009
Autumn of devilishly good offerings
...its first UK staging outside London and starring John Graham Hall, is a must-see. Finally, Welsh National Opera has brought in the talented David McVicar to stage Verdi s La Traviata, starring Myrto Papatanasiu and Alfie Boe. Next story...
In this article: Tristan und Isolde, Le Grand Macabre, Bryn Terfel, Rupert Goold, La Fura dels Baus, Carmen, Tosca, and Turandot
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Times Online | May 26, 2009
Eric Garrett: singer with the Royal Opera for 50 years
...with companies in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Brussels. He undertook significant roles at Opera North (The Mines of Sulphur and The Bartered Bride) and Welsh National Opera (Lulu). Garrett retired to Majorca. He is survived by his wife,...
In this article: Covent Garden, Gianni Schicchi, Luciano Pavarotti, Tito Gobbi, Hamlet, and Heart failure
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Wikipedia | April 12, 2009
Christopher Alden (director)
...Festival USA, he produced the American premiere of Gluck 's L'Ile de Merlin in 2007. His work in Europe has encompassed assignments at Welsh National Opera, Scottish Opera (where he directed the world premiere of David Horne's Friend of...
In this article: Robert Wilson, Jonathan Dove, Dallas Opera, L'Ile Merlin, Opera North, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and Apollo
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Independent.co.uk - Columnists | October 27, 2008
David Lister: The Lowry Centre is right to be worried
...neglect. I don't think that we should not anything that expands the choice of performances that people get to see; but I do wonder what impact this will have on eh touring schedules of Opera North and Welsh National Opera. I do hope that...
In this article: Lowry Centre, Royal Opera House, London, Tony Hall, Opera North, and UK
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Guardian Unlimited | December 11, 2007
Wallinger, Winehouse or Wagner?
...come my way all year. Glyndebourne, Opera North and Welsh National Opera had steady, unremarkable years, while Scottish Opera regained some of the ground lost when it ran into the financial buffers three years ago. The Royal Opera began the...
In this article: Darcey Bussell, Mark Wallinger, London, Foie gras, El Bulli, Complicite, Carmen, Bolshoi, With Every Heartbeat, and Umbrella
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Welsh National Opera (WNO) is a touring opera company founded in Cardiff, Wales in 1946. The WNO now tours Wales, the United Kingdom and the rest of the world extensively. Annually, it gives more than 120 performances of eight main scale operas. In Cardiff, Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool, Llandudno, Oxford, Milton Keynes, Plymouth, Southampton and Swansea, they regularly perform to over 150,000 people.
Although productions were initially sung in English translation, from the 1970s onwards, operas were increasingly sung in the original languages; not only Italian, German and French, but also Russian and Czech. Surtitles were also provided.
The Company has always provided a mix of traditional and less-well-known operas, including those of Alban Berg, Richard Strauss, Leos Janacek and Benjamin Britten.
In 2004 the Company acquired its first ever permanent home in Cardiff in the new Wales Millennium Centre, a new performing arts centre in the city.
The opera company consists of a professional orchestra (The Orchestra of Welsh National Opera) and a professional choir (The Chorus of Welsh National Opera). Sometimes, the orchestra and the choir perform at events independently of one another. The orchestra and the choir often perform at St David's Hall in Cardiff and at other venues throughout Wales.
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