Aled Hall
A delightful, enlightening Candide, Welsh National Opera
**** It has been a while since I can remember Welsh National Opera getting a (well-deserved) standing ovation and while it is a pity it is for a fun musical rather than “serious opera” at least the company is pleasing people again. Similarly, the previous crowd-pleaser was Blaze of Glory, another witty and laugh-out-loud lighter…
Elin Pritchard comes out fighting
- 25th August 2021
- Interviews
- Aled Hall
- Alexander Gibson Opera School at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Belcombe Court
- Bradford on Avon
- Christopher Luscombe
- Elin Pritchard
- English National Opera
- Grange Festival
- Hamish Mackay
- Iford Arts
- Il tabarro
- Longborough Opera
- Mid Wales Opera
- Opera Ensemble
- Opera Holland Park
- Pagliacci
- Peter Auty
- Poul Ruder
- Robert Hayward
- Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
- The Handmaid's Tale
- Welsh National Opera
Lockdown was intended to squash the COVID sombrero in early 2020 but it also flattened soprano Elin Pritchard’s rising career. Like many other singers the impact of the pandemic was sudden and dramatic. The North Wales-born, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama graduate was performing as Micaëla in Welsh National Opera’s touring production of…