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Mid Wales Opera Launches Emergency Fundraising Appeal

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(Photo credit: Craig Fuller) Mid Wales Opera has opened an emergency fundraising appeal following its cut from Arts Council Wales. The company’s funding from Arts Council Wales was cut in September 2023. An appeal was submitted, but was rejected later that year. However, Mid Wales Opera recently received £75,906 from Powys  County Council’s grant funding program, aimed at supporting and transforming {…}

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Mid Wales Opera Presents Verdi’s ‘Macbeth’ on MainStages Tour

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Mid Wales Opera has announced that all the venues on its MainStages Tour will feature Verdi’s “Macbeth.” Verdi’s famed score is brought to life by Canadian baritone Jean-Kristof Bouton in the title role, and soprano Mari Wyn Williams as Lady Macbeth. Tenor Robyn Lyn Evans sings Macduff and bass-baritone Emyr Wyn Jones takes on Banquo. They are joined by community {…}

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Arts Council Wales Rejects Mid Wales Opera’s Appeal

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The Mid Wales Opera has announced that its funding appeal to the Arts Council Wales has been rejected. In a statement from Gareth Williams, Chair of Mid Wales Opera regarding our funding appeal, Williams said, “Our Appeal against the Arts Council Wales’ decision to end our funding from April 2024 has been rejected, despite an admission that their appraisal seriously misrepresented {…}

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Mid Wales Opera Submits Appeal for Funding to Arts Council Wales

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Mid Wales Opera has submitted an appeal to Arts Council Wales to reconsider its withdrawal of funding. The company made the announcement amidst its Small Stages Tour, which began this week with a performance of “Beatrice and Benedict.” “We have this week submitted an appeal to the Arts Council,” said Gareth Williams, Chair of the Board of MWO, per an {…}

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Mid Wales Opera to Tour Berlioz’s ‘Beatrice & Benedict’

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Opera and Shakespeare fans have the opportunity this fall to see the Bard’s “Much Ado About Nothing” adapted for the opera stage by Hector Berlioz. “Beatrice and Benedict,” a story about the intricacies of love between two of Shakespeare’s most cherished characters, will be performed by Mid Wales Opera. The show will tour as part of the Folio400, celebrating the {…}

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Mid Wales Opera Loses Arts Council Multi-Annual Funding

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Mid Wales Opera has announced that the Arts Council will not offer the company multi-annual funding. The company’s chair Gareth Wiliams released a statement that noted, “We are deeply disappointed and indeed shocked at the news that – after 35 years of staging remarkable opera across the length and breadth of Wales – the Arts Council has decided not to {…}

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Mid Wales Opera to Close Season with ‘Hansel and Gretel’ Tour

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On March 4, 2023, Mid Wales Opera will close its season with a new production of Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel.” The production will be sung in English, with a cast of young professional artists, joined by a chorus of children assembled locally from each of the theaters where the production will tour. Company Music Director Jonathan Lyness has created a {…}