WNO’s LA BOHÈME features timeless staging – but lacks classic magic
Ever the crowdpleaser, Puccini’s La Bohème never lost its romantic allure for generations of opera goers.
Ever the crowdpleaser, Puccini’s La Bohème never lost its romantic allure for generations of opera goers.
WNO's The Makropulos Affair is great fun: a law-filled mystery plot aside strange fantasy, along with a healthy dose of sexual scandal of the day.
Welsh National Opera promised a lot and did not deliver on a lot of its promises with Migrations, which feels like the equivalent of throwing everything at the wall and everything appearing to stick.
Violet, a co-production with Britten Pears Arts and the London Sinfonietta, might just be one of the highlights of the post-pandemic period for Music Theatre Wales.
Britten and Maxwell Davies remain responsible for the gold standard of British operas for children, but The Black Spider lacks any real form.
The Paradis Files - now at the Royal Welsh College after a medium sized tour around the UK - remains perhaps the most inclusive piece of theatre out there.
A double-dose of opera from the weekend with WNO: Janacek's Czech tragedy Jenufa and a collaboration with Scottish Opera and National Opera Studio, Anarchy at the Opera.
After a politically-charged week, the Cardiff audience for WNO's Don Giovanni gave a rousing standing ovation for Ukrainian baritone Andrei Kymach, a rare sight at opera performances.
Welsh National Opera’s first large-scale new production after the pandemic has triggered debate. Directed by Lindy Hume, Buzz's James Ellis finds some interesting takes, yet fairly traditional at hear.
THE TRIAL | STAGE REVIEW Sherman Cymru, Cardiff, Fri 7 Nov Given no instructions and then told off for not being in the right place at the right time, …