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Classical music, opera, ballet and dance in Cardiff, United Kingdom

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CardiffBluebeard’s Castle + Oedipus Rex

Welsh National Opera
Wales Millennium Centre, Sep 20, 25, Oct 02
Bartók, Stravinsky
Lidiya Yankovskaya; Joe Hill-Gibbins; Welsh National Opera; Milla Clarke; Welsh National Opera Orchestra; Nathan Berg
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CardiffLa bohème

Welsh National Opera
Wales Millennium Centre, Sep 27, Oct 01, 03
Puccini: La bohème
Corinna Niemeyer; Floris Visser; Welsh National Opera; Dieuweke van Reij; Jon Morrell; Alex Brok; Welsh National Opera Orchestra
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CardiffThe Anonymous Lover

Welsh National Opera
Wales Millennium Centre, 2027 Mar 04, 06, 12
Chevalier de Saint-George: L'Amant anonyme
Frederick Brown; Omar Elerian; Welsh National Opera; Cécile Trémolières; Welsh National Opera Orchestra; Nardus Williams
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WNO stages Death in Venice for the first time and it’s a triumph

Mark Le Brocq (Gustav von Aschenbach) and Antony César (Tadzio) © Johan Persson
Mark Valencia, 07 Mar
Olivia Fuchs solves the problems of Britten's thorny opera in a brilliant new production that hits the heights, featuring Mark Le Brocq as earthbound scholar, Gustav von Aschenbach.  
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Musical performances keep WNO's new Così afloat

Egor Zhuravskii (Ferrando) and Sophie Bevan (Fiordiligi) © Elliott Franks
Mark Valencia, 06 Mar
Max Hoehn takes Così‘s subtitle, La scuola degli amanti (The School for Lovers), and connects it to Monty Python’s sex education sketch in The Meaning of Life. What larks, eh? 
***11
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Playfulness and horror: Beethoven and Shostakovich in Cardiff

Ryan Bancroft rehearses the BBC National Orchestra of Wales © Yusef Bastawy
Simon Cummings, 11 Feb
Ryan Bancroft and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales give an extraordinary, terrifying account of Shostakovich’s Thirteenth Symphony, preceded by a Classical-Romantic tussle in Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto. 
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Rising to the challenge, building a musical career: Meggie Murphy

Meggie Murphy © Courtesy Meggie Murphy
Cameron Kelsall, 21 Jan
Young trombonist Meggie Murphy talks about the challenges of becoming a professional musician, the importance of mentorship, and the important role played by LSO Conservatoire Scholarship scheme.
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