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JONATHAN MILLER TO DIRECT CARMEN FOR MID WALES OPERA'S 25 ANNIVERSARY SEAS=
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** Jonathan Miller to direct Carmen for Mid Wales Opera's 25th Anniversary=
season=2C Autumn 2014
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** 12 September=2C 2013
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** Mid Wales Opera is delighted to announce that our 2014 production of Bi=
zet=E2=80=99s Carmen will be directed by world famous director and polymat=
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Dr Jonathan Miller.
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This exciting new production will also feature a new performing version of=
Bizet=E2=80=99s score for chamber ensemble by renowned opera and music th=
eatre composer
Stephen McNeff =E2=80=93 whose reduced version of Debussy=E2=80=99s Pell=
=C3=A9as et M=C3=A9lisande won unanimous praise in 2009 as a landmark deve=
lopment in approaches to performing the opera.

The production will be performed in English=2C using impressionist and com=
edian Rory Bremner=E2=80=99s incredibly successful 2001 translation of the=
libretto: =E2=80=9C...Bremner's fruity=2C crisp translation...worked a tr=
eat.=E2=80=9D The Observer

Conducted by MWO=E2=80=99s artistic director=2C Nicholas Cleobury=2C the p=
roduction will be designed by Nicky Shaw. Nicky has a wealth of experience=
designing opera for stages across Europe=2C and is currently working with=
Mid Wales Opera on a new production of Handel=E2=80=99s Acis & Galatea wh=
ich will open at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in January 201=
4.

This production will also mark the British professional premiere of the cr=
itical edition by Richard Langham Smith=2C published by Peters Edition.

The production will open at Hafren=2C Newtown with performances on 3=2C 5=
and 6 September 2014=2C before going on tour for a further 23 performance=
s across Wales and England.


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MWO makes a long awaited return to Cardiff with a fully-staged co-producti=
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<span style=3D"font-size:18px;"><span style=3D"color: rgb(67, 64, 77);">Mi=
d Wales Opera is delighted to announce that our 2014 production of Bizet=E2=
=80=99s </span></span><em style=3D"color: rgb(67, 64, 77); font-size: 16px;=
">Carmen</em><span style=3D"font-size:18px;"><span style=3D"color: rgb(67, =
64, 77);"> will be directed by world famous director and polymath<br>
Dr Jonathan Miller.</span></span></h2>
This exciting new production will also feature a new performing version of =
Bizet=E2=80=99s score for chamber ensemble by renowned opera and music thea=
tre composer <strong>Stephen McNeff</strong> =E2=80=93 whose reduced versio=
n of Debussy=E2=80=99s <em>Pell=C3=A9as et M=C3=A9lisande</em> won unanimou=
s praise in 2009 as a landmark development in approaches to performing the =
opera.<br>
<br>
The production will be performed in English, using impressionist and comedi=
an <strong>Rory Bremner=E2=80=99s</strong> incredibly successful 2001 trans=
lation of the libretto: <em>=E2=80=9C...Bremner's fruity, crisp translation=
...worked a treat.=E2=80=9D</em> The Observer<br>
&nbsp;<br>
Conducted by MWO=E2=80=99s artistic director, Nicholas Cleobury, the produc=
tion will be designed by Nicky Shaw. Nicky has a wealth of experience desig=
ning opera for stages across Europe, and is currently working with Mid Wale=
s Opera on a new production of Handel=E2=80=99s <em>Acis &amp; Galatea</em>=
which will open at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in January 2=
014.<br>
&nbsp;<br>
This production will also mark the British professional premiere of the cri=
tical edition by Richard Langham Smith, published by Peters Edition.<br>
<br>
The production will open at Hafren, Newtown with performances on 3, 5 and 6=
September 2014, before going on tour for a further 23 performances across =
Wales and England.<br>
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<em><span style=3D"font-size:18px;">ALBERT HERRING</span></em></h4>
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14px;line-height: 125%;text-align: left;">Benjamin Britten's comic opera c=
ontinues its tour around Wales and England catch it at a <a href=3D"http://=
midwalesopera.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3Df67049ae1c96345b8c2e9fa4d=
&amp;id=3D39f290126c&amp;e=3D623dd305b3
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#ED5E29;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;">venue </a>near you.<br>
<br>
&quot;Mid Wales Opera has restored my faith [in Albert Herring]; its versio=
n is freshly imaginative, bracingly sharp-edged and a lot of fun&quot;<br>
<a href=3D"http://midwalesopera.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3Df67049=
ae1c96345b8c2e9fa4d&amp;id=3D1afaec1385&amp;e=3D623dd305b3
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Rupert Christiansen<br>
The Daily Telegraph</em></a><br>
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<span style=3D"font-size:18px;"><em>ACIS &amp; GALATEA</em></span></h4>
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MWO makes a long awaited return to Cardiff with a fully-staged co-productio=
n of Handel's popular and enduring opera, telling the enchanting story from=
ancient mythology of the sea nymph Galatea and her lover Acis. &nbsp;<br>
<br>
A co-production with the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and with th=
e Brecon Baroque orchestra led by internationally&nbsp;renowned&nbsp;Rachel=
Podger, Acis &amp; Galatea will open &nbsp;in Cardiff on 30-31st January a=
t the <a href=3D"http://midwalesopera.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3Df=
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d's and regular favorites luck <a href=3D"http://midwalesopera.us6.list-man=
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There seems to be a lot of classical music around at the moment so I have combined to emails, one from Mid Wales Opera and one from Hazel Yates.

Jonathan Miller to direct Carmen for Mid Wales Opera's 25th Anniversary season, Autumn 2014

17 September, 2013

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Christ Church Oswestry invites you to an organ recital by world renowned virtuoso concert organist Thomas Trotter

Thomas Trotter was appointed Birmingham City Organist in 1983 and was appointed Artistic Advisor and Resident Organist at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall in 2001. He is also Organist at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey and visiting Professor of Organ at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester. In 2002 he won the Royal Philharmonic Society Instrumental award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to classical music. He received an honorary Doctorate from Birmingham City University in 2003 and from Birmingham University in 2006. In 2012 he was named Performer of the Year by the New York Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.

Saturday 12th October, Tickets £10


 
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