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A tale of two opera companies from the Land of Song. After its distinctly gamey new Cosi fan tutte, Welsh National Opera has sprung dazzlingly back to form with a new production of Benajmin Britten’s final opera, Death in Venice. It’s directed by Olivia Fuchs, in collaboration with the circus artists of NoFit State, and
Mid Wales Opera's chairman has called a cut in funding 'incomprehensible' as it was revealed it had lost an appeal over the cash.
When one hears young singers as good as HGO have gathered together for Hansel and Gretel it is well worth braving the vagaries of the Northern Line!
Berlioz’s Shakespearean opera is stripped to the bone for four instruments and six singers, but the show is slick and spirited, with sopranos Lorena Paz Nieto and Monica McGhee standouts
Nigel Jarrett was at Theatr Brycheiniog to find out what Mid Wales Opera made of Hänsel and Gretel.