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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

The Guardian - UK

Chorus members at Welsh National Opera postpone strike action

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

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

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Does UK opera have a future to sing about?

Nestled deep in the Sussex countryside, Glyndebourne has been attracting opera fans for almost a century. This year, its flagship summer festival coincides with a celebration of the company’s 90th anniversary. This is no small feat, given the harsh economic climate and challenges UK opera companies face to keep the…

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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

The Guardian - UK

The Very Last Green Thing review – youth opera gives voice to environmental anxiety

Weston Studio, WMC, CardiffAs the Welsh National Youth Opera’s 10 to 18-year-olds update Cary John Franklin’s opera it is clear its message remains all too necessary three decades on

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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London vigil marks six years since exposure of Windrush scandal

Campaigners and supporters gather in Brixton to ‘remember those who have died without redress’

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

‘Grounded,’ a new opera about a female fighter pilot turned drone operator, prepares to take off

Nearly 10 years after it was first imagined as an opera, “Grounded” is ready to take flight

The Independent UK

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

The Guardian - UK

Funding cuts threaten the future of Welsh National Opera

Arts Council England’s plan to reduce WNO’s funding by 35% is 'the reverse of levelling up'

Wales Online

A Prestigious Opera Company Stays in Tune with Wireless Solution

Welsh National Opera upgrades with Riedel Bolero for touring.

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Welsh National Opera worker who struggles to read and write loses his job unfairly

The master carpenter had worked for the Cardiff-based opera company for almost 40 years before he was unfairly dismissed

The Guardian - UK

‘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

The Guardian - UK

Blaze of Glory! review – WNO’s warm-hearted community opera hits all the right notes

Hymns, jazz, doo-wop and 19th-century French choral numbers form an unlikely patchwork in Caroline Clegg’s dynamic theatrical staging

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.

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The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

The Makropulos Affair review – fast-flowing and flamboyant

WNO’s production of Janáček’s opera tackles the question of the desirability of immortality with life-affirming purpose

The Guardian - UK

Classical home listening: Haydn with Harry Christophers, and a new Welsh-language opera

Boston’s H+H shine in a live recording of Haydn’s Theresienmesse; and WNO, Stephen McNeff and Gruff Rhys do Hedd Wyn proud

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Migrations; Aldeburgh festival; Royal Academy of Music SO/Bychkov

WNO’s multi-stranded exploration of human migration is a joy; Aldeburgh honours Oliver Knussen in style; and the RAM’s future stars are bold as brass

The Guardian - UK

Migrations review – ambitious and timely new opera examines freedom

Welsh National Opera’s staging of six stories of migration is a brave and far-reaching exercise in collaboration and diversity, with a heroic effort from composer Will Todd

The Guardian - UK

John Mitchinson obituary

Tenor who sang Wagner’s Tristan under Reginald Goodall, Beethoven and Mahler at the Proms, and many rarer works

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