Mid Wales Opera (MWO) will showcase Leonard Bernstein’s “Trouble in Tahiti” this fall as part of its SmallStages tour. The opera will run from Nov. 7 through Dec. 5, 2025, and stars Samantha Price as Dinah and Samuel Pantcheff as Sam, alongside Kirsty McLean, Sam Marston, and John Ieuan Jones as the jazz trio. Richard Studer directs and designs, with {…}
Mid Wales Opera is set to present “Pagliacci” this autumn. The cast includes Robyn Lyn Evans, Elin Pritchard, Philip Smith, Sam Martston, and Johnny Herford. It has been arranged for a chamber ensemble of five instruments by music director Jonathan Lyness. There is also an English translation by Artistic Director Richard Studer. “I can’t wait to get started on this {…}
(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 {…}
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 {…}
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 {…}
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 {…}
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 {…}
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 {…}
Mid Wales Opera is set to present a chamber arrangement of Montsalvatge’s “El Gato Con Botas” as part of its Autumn tour. The opera, which will be sung in English and retitled “Puss in Boots” will open on Oct. 14 at Gregynog Hall in Tregynon, Newtown. That will be followed up by a total of 13 performances running through Nov. {…}
Mid Wales Opera is set to present “La Bohème” starting on March 5, 2022. The famed Puccini masterpiece will star tenor Robyn Lyn Evans as Rodolfo, soprano Galina Averina as Mimì, baritone Philip Smith as Marcello, and soprano Mari Wyn Williams as Musetta. Dan D’Souza, Emyr Wn Jones, and Wyn Pencarreg will round out the cast as Shaunard, Colline, and {…}
(Credit: Image provided by Mid-Wales Opera) Mid-Wales Opera is set to present a tour of “The Marriage of Figaro” starting on Feb. 29, 2020 in Hafren, Newtown. The tour will take the company through Brecon, Mold, Bangor, and Newport, among other locations for a grand total of nine performances between Feb. 29 and March 28, 2020. The Mozart and Da {…}
