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Cardiff

WNO’s From the House of the Dead – an Outstanding Achievement, Mandatory Viewing

18/10/201715/10/2017 by Glyn Pursglove

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Janáček, From the House of the Dead: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 12.10.2017. (GPu)

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WNO’s From the House of the Dead (c) Clive Barda

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Musical Riches in a Recital for Solo Violin by Benjamin Baker

14/10/201710/10/2017 by Glyn Pursglove

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ysaye and Paganini: Benjamin Baker (violin), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 6.10.2017. (GPu)

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Though There Is Some Fine Singing, WNO’s Eugene Onegin Doesn’t Grip Emotionally

09/10/201703/10/2017 by Glyn Pursglove

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, and Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Ainár Rubiķis (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff. 27.9.2017. (GPu)

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Natalya Romaniw (Tatyana) (c) Betina Skovbro

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The BBC NOW Season Opens with Unfamiliar Choice of Works

05/10/201701/10/2017 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Franck, Takemitsu, Milhaud, Honegger, d’Indy: Peter Moore (trombone), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Kazuki Yamada (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 29.9.2017. (PCG)

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Powerful and Thought-Provoking Khovanschina from the Welsh National Opera

01/11/201727/09/2017 by Glyn Pursglove

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mussorgsky, Khovanschina: Soloists, and Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff. 23.9.2017. (GPu)

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WNO’s Khovanschina (c) Clive Barda

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‘Beautiful Modulations’: Welsh Camerata offer an Evening of Edwardian Partsong

08/07/201702/07/2017 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various – Edwardian Summer: Welsh Camerata, Andew Wilson-Dickson (piano* and director), Canton Uniting Church, Cardiff, 30.6.2017. (PCG)

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Tales of Travel Season Culminates in Rare Outing for Korngold Symphony

04/07/201728/06/2017 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bartók, Prokofiev, Korngold: Beatrice Rana (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales /B Tommy Andersson (conductor), Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 23.6.2017. (PCG)

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‘Entirely Musician’: High Romantic Passion Abounds in Llŷr Williams’ Recital

04/07/201728/06/2017 by Glyn Pursglove

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various, Llŷr Williams (piano). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 15.6.2017. (GPu)

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