By Diane Parkes When Welsh National Opera’s new production of Leonard Bernstein’s zany Candide premiered two years ago it was critically acclaimed and loved by audiences – so much so that the show is back on tour this Autumn. Playing at Mayflower Theatre on 2 October, Candide is based...
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Preview: Welsh National Opera, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Welsh National Opera has announced its shows for its autumn visit to Mayflower Theatre from Wednesday 1 to Friday 3 October 2025. Autumn 2025: Tosca and Candide WNO’s Autumn Season opens with a new production of Puccini’s Tosca. Edward Dick, who originated this production at Opera North in 2018,...
Review: Peter Grimes, Welsh National Opera – Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
By Martin Brisland. Benjamin Britten’s 1945 opera Peter Grimes saw the young composer’s emergence as a fully formed musical dramatist, and it remains his defining work. A near capacity Mayflower Theatre audience witnessed a real treat with one of the Welsh National Opera’s best productions (30/4/25). Fisherman Grimes is...
Preview: Welsh National Opera’s Spring Season, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Welsh National Opera’s (WNO) Spring Season comes to Mayflower Theatre from Wednesday 30 April to Saturday 3 May, and Peter Grimes, The Marriage of Figaro, and Play Opera Live. Peter Grimes Following on from the success of Welsh National Opera’s new production of Britten’s Death in Venice, this Spring...
Review: Welsh National Opera – Rigoletto, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
By Chris Richards. photo: Richard Hubert Smith. My mum got totally distracted by one courtier’s long, thin, and (most probably) fake willy. It was my first opera, it was eye-opening. I have long considered an opera to be mainly about the big drama moments and fabulous costumes – underpinned...
Charles Edwards and Sir David McVicar talk about Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi
By Diane Parkes For stage designer Charles Edwards, Giacomo Puccini is the greatest opera composer because his stories cut straight to the heart. Puccini’s understanding of people ensures his works, which include Tosca, La bohème and Madam Butterfly,are among the most popular and frequently staged operas worldwide. And it...
Preview: Welsh National Opera, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Photo credit: Kirsten McTernan Welsh National Opera’s (WNO) Autumn Season comes to Mayflower Theatre from Wednesday 13 to Saturday 16 November 2024, and includes Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi, Rigoletto, and Opera Favourites. Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi Following its WNO premiere in June 2024, Puccini’s triptych of one-act...
Preview: WNO Crossing Borders Concert Tour, Turner Sims, Southampton
Tomáš Hanus & WNO Orchestra – Prague Spring Festival Opening Concert – Photo Credit Pražské Jaro 2 The Welsh National Opera (WNO) Orchestra will embark on a musical journey through some of Central Europe’s finest masterpieces, for their summer concert tour, Crossing Borders, presented by WNO Music Director Tomáš...
Interview – Welsh National Opera and director Olivia Fuchs are joining forces
By Diane Parkes Welsh National Opera and director Olivia Fuchs are joining forces with contemporary circus company NoFit State for a bold new production of Benjamin Britten’s Death in Venice this spring. The production, which comes to Mayflower Theatre on March 20, will use a range of circus skills...
Preview: WNO Death in Venice, Così fan tutte, and Opera Favourites, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Welsh National Opera’s (WNO) Spring Season comes at Mayflower Theatre from Wednesday 20 to Saturday 23 March 2024, with two new productions, Death in Venice and Così fan tutte Death in Venice WNO will stage a new production of Britten’s Death in Venice , which will be the first...