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Dramatic Intensity and Intimacy in Mid Wales Opera’s Tosca at Newport

15/04/201902/04/2019 by Glyn Pursglove

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus, Ensemble Cymru / Jonathan Lyness (conductor). Riverfront Arts Centre, Newport. 27.4.2019. (GPu)

Elin Pritchard (Tosca) & Nicholas Folwell (Scarpia) (c) MWO

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Mid-Wales Opera’s Attractive and Intimate Eugene Onegin

26/03/201819/03/2018 by Glyn Pursglove

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists and Ensemble Cymru / Jonathan Lyness (conductor), Riverfront Theatre, Newport, 16.3.2018. (GPu)

Mid Wales Opera’s Eugene Onegin (c) MWO

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A Stimulating and Impressive Magic Flute from Mid Wales Opera

16/05/201711/05/2017 by Glyn Pursglove

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, The Magic Flute: Soloists and Orchestra of Mid Wales Opera / Jonathan Lyness (conductor), Riverfront Theatre, Newport, 4.5.2017. (GPu)

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Mid Wales Opera The Magic Flute (c) Matthew Williams-Ellis

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