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The Marriage of Figaro review – WNO’s staging has punch and plenty to savour

The 2016 production – revived by Max Hoehn – emphasises the farcical rather than subversive aspects of Mozart’s opera. It took a while to settle down, with conductor Kerem Hasan setting a frenetic pace

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New heights, fond farewells and daring acrobatics – the year in classical music

It was a thrilling year with glittering new works, an electrifying Proms season, Puccini in a laundry and Britten on a trapeze

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‘It’s an outrage’: stars join fight against cuts as Welsh arts go into meltdown

Michael Sheen among big names in call for action as leading figure warns there will be little left of the sector in 10 years

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Chorus members at Welsh National Opera postpone strike action

Equity said the 30-strong chorus would not strike on November 15 as planned.

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The week in classical: Welsh National Opera’s Il trittico; Oxford international song festival – review

Even as they fight for survival, WNO give their all in Puccini at his most affecting – and funniest

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Rigoletto review – dark and daring take on Verdi’s depraved tale

With the Welsh National Opera on the ropes from funding cuts this is a defiantly non-safe staging with a fine cast and the orchestra and chorus on exceptionally strong form

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Il Trittico review – an eloquent, gutsy outpouring of Puccini’s passion and pain

Welsh National Opera pull no emotional punches in this production of David McVicar’s staging of Puccini’s variously suspenseful, tragic and comic triptych

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The week in classical: Carmen; Celebrating 22 Years of Antonio Pappano – review

Glyndebourne hits 90 with Bizet’s sultry crowd-pleaser. Elsewhere, a starry farewell to a much loved maestro, and the fight to save Welsh National Opera

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The Tories’ poisonous anti-culture politics has crushed the arts. Bring on election night

Museums have closed and festivals lost funding – but Labour will restore Britain’s creative superpower status, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The outlook is gloomy for opera in Wales

Letter: Clive Summers on the withdrawal of funding from Mid Wales Opera. Plus, Paul Collins on English National Opera’s forthcoming move from London

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The Guardian view on opera and circus: a populist pairing that scales the heights

Editorial: Featuring awe-inspiring aerial antics, Welsh National Opera’s Death In Venice shows how innovative the art form can still be

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The week in classical: Death in Venice; Giant; Angela Hewitt review – five-star Britten and more

Britten’s yearning swansong blazes and beguiles in Welsh National Opera’s new production. Elsewhere, the sad tale of ‘Irish Giant’ Charles Byrne, and an enterprising orchestra for all

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Death in Venice review – Britten’s final opera soars in WNO’s captivating staging

Olivia Fuchs’ new production casts aerialists as the Polish family to stunning effect. Mark Le Brocq is a sympathetic Aschenbach and Leo Hussain conducts with a sure hand

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Così fan Tutte review – beautifully sung hard lessons in the cash-strapped school of love

Welsh National Opera’s production maxes out on farce in the bet on female infidelity, but the absurdly lovely music antidotes any excess wackiness

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Bittersweet symphonies: UK classical music 2023 in review

Amid the funding woes there were still bright spots this year, from Bach to Byrd, and the Rite to Rachmaninov, while the streaming world continued to evolve and expand

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Ainadamar review – a defiant and impassioned defence of freedom

Welsh National Opera mount Osvaldo Golijov’s opera about the assassinated Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca – a fiercely evocative piece with the feel of a passion play

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A Prestigious Opera Company Stays in Tune with Wireless Solution

Welsh National Opera upgrades with Riedel Bolero for touring.

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‘It helps so much’: long Covid sufferers aided by sessions with opera singers

A Welsh National Opera project is reaching out to patients via Zoom to share the benefits of exercises such as breath control

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Top ways to treat your mum in the UK this Mother’s Day

Discover the best of British with the most important woman in your life this Mother’s Day

Wales Online

The top theatre shows visiting Wales in 2023

From Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Heathers and Welsh National Opera, there are top end shows coming to the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff's New Theatre, Venue Cymru in Llandudno and more

Birmingham Post

Welsh National Opera forced to pull performances in England after funding cut

It has seen a £2.2m funding reduction from Arts Council England.

Wales Online

Wales' most famous choir just released a version of Yma o Hyd and it's utterly breathtaking

The Welsh National Opera has added its own touch of magic to Wales' World Cup song

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Arts Council funding: organisations head into the unknown amid cuts

In the first of a series of case studies exploring the impact of Arts Council England’s new funding decisions, we consider the view from the Watermill theatre, Welsh National Opera and Paines Plough

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WNO/Hanus review – players with an instinct to make every line sing

On the concert platform, Welsh National Opera’s orchestral musicians brought lyricism and exactitude Britten, Mahler and Janáček, while mezzo Jana Kurucová gave a glowing, sensitive rendition of Dvořák’s Biblical Songs

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The week in classical: The Makropulos Affair; Elisabeth Leonskaja & Staatskapelle Streichquartett

Janáček’s knotty study of immortality soars at Welsh National Opera; the great pianist radiates grace and power. Plus a word on Weir and MacMillan

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