CROSSING BORDERS: WNO Orchestra’s grand tour delights in Cardiff
After a tough few months for Welsh National Opera and associated artists, this performance by the WNO Orchestra suggests they're on the up.
Tomáš Hanus
COSÌ FAN TUTTE: WNO offer a mixed education in Mozart’s dated comic opera
One of Mozart’s four famous operatic works which does not feature a knockout aria, WNO's Così Fan Tutte has some value, but both the length and the lack of worthwhile supporting characters makes it drag.
An eternal riot from WNO with a blazing MAKROPULOS AFFAIR
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.
Czech tragedy & Scottish anarchy: WNO bring home moving JENUFA & dreamy student delight
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.
WNO AUTUMN SEASON | UPFRONT
WNO Autumn Season Welsh National Opera open their 2019 autumn season with one of the most iconic operas of all time, Georges Bizet’s Carmen. Written in 1875, Carmen tells the …