Director David McVicar brings out the revolutionary elements in Mozart’s great comic opera of intrigue, misunderstanding and forgiveness. Servants Figaro and Susanna are filled with excitement on their wedding day, but there’s a hitch: their employer, the Count Almaviva, has dishonourable intentions of his own towards the bride-to-be. With more twists than a page boy’s stockings, the story of Mozart’s comic opera will surprise and delight you at every turn. Come for the music and stay for the cross-dressing…

  IL TROVATORE Screening Via Satellite A devastating curse rises from the ashes in Verdi’s monumental tale of superstition and rivalry. ★★★★★"Cruelty played out with anarchic imagination Adele Thomas’s visually arresting production mixes levity with tragedy, as fervent orchestral play is matched by expressive singing from a fine cast." The Guardian Full Review   ★★★★"Mezzo Jamie Barton is astonishing in Royal Opera’s sparkling staging. Adele Thomas’s production invests Verdi’s work with madcap humour." i Passions run high as Manrico and…

We are delighted to be hosting the Opening night of Mid Wales Opera's  production of  Berlioz – Beatrice and Benedict (based on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing) Beatrice and Benedict are both determined to stay single. Beatrice is a woman who despises men (especially Benedict) and Benedict can’t abide women (particularly Beatrice). That is until their friends plot to bring them together and they both ‘accidentally’ overhear whispers of each other’s unrequited passion; the spark of love is ignited by…