Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera

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Welsh National Opera (WNO; Welsh: Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru) is an opera company based in Cardiff, Wales. The company presents eight operas a year in about 120 domestic and international performances. It has been described by The New York Times as "one of the finest operatic ensembles in Europe".

Launched in 1946 as a mainly amateur body, WNO had become an all-professional ensemble by 1973. Its season has grown from a single week of performances in Cardiff to a year-round operation with its own salaried chorus and orchestra. In 2004, the company moved to its first permanent headquarters, in the new Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay.

Besides Cardiff, the company most frequently performs in Llandudno in Wales and Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool, Milton Keynes, Oxford, Plymouth, and Southampton in England.

Singers who have been associated with the company include Geraint Evans, Thomas Allen, Anne Evans, and Bryn Terfel. Guest artists from other countries have included Joan Hammond, Tito Gobbi and Elisabeth Söderström. Its conductors have included Sir Charles Mackerras, Reginald Goodall, James Levine and Pierre Boulez. The company has been led by Aidan Lang as its General Director since 2019.

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Discography

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YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1984HamletAmbroise Thomas; Joan Sutherland, Sherrill Milnes, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Richard Bonynge1
1985ParsifalWagner; Reginald Goodall, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Chorus of the Welsh National Opera, Donald McIntyre, Waltraud Meier, Warren Ellsworth & Phillip Joll1
1986Bel Canto AriasRossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Meyerbeer, Verdi; Joan Sutherland, Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge1
1988Anna BolenaGaetano Donizetti; Joan Sutherland, Samuel Ramey, Susanne Mentzer, Jerry Hadley, Bernadette Manca di Nissa, Orchestra and Chorus of the Welsh National Opera, Richard Bonynge2
1988Norma (1984 studio cast)Vincenzo Bellini; Orchestra and Chorus of the Welsh National Opera, Richard Bonynge, Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Montserrat Caballé, Samuel Ramey1
1990Brigg Fair / North Country Sketches / The Walk to the Paradise Garden / In a Summer GardenDelius; Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras1
1991HiawathaColeridge-Taylor; Field, Davies, Terfel, Welsh National Opera, Kenneth Alwyn1
1992Violin Concerto / On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring / Summer Night on the River / Dance RhapsodiesDelius; Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Tasmin Little2
1992I masnadieri (1982 studio cast)Verdi; Sutherland, Bonisolli, Ramey, Manuguerra, Orchestra & Chorus of the Welsh National Opera, Richard Bonynge1
1993Hadley & Hampson: Famous Opera DuetsHadley, Hampson, The Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi1
1993Les Deux PigeonsAndré Messager; Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Richard Bonynge2
1994FaustCharles‐François Gounod; Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Chorus of the Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi1
1994Eugene OneginTchaikovsky; Kiri Te Kanawa, Thomas Hampson, Neil Rosenshein, John Connell, Nicolai Gedda, Charles Mackerras, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Chorus of the Welsh National Opera1
1995Appalachia; Song of the High Hills; Over the Hills & Far AwayFrederick Delius; Charles Mackerras & Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera1
1995Pervigilium VenerisGeorge Lloyd; Carolyn James, Thomas Booth, Welsh National Opera1
1998ErnaniVerdi; Pavarotti, Sutherland, Nucci, Burchuladze, Bonynge, Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera52
1998Le ToréadorAdolphe Adam; Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Richard Bonynge, Sumi Jo, John Aler, Michel Trempont1
1999Osud (Fate)Janáček; Charles Mackerras, Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Helen Field, Philip Langridge, Kathryn Harries, Stuart Kale, Barry Mora & Mark Holland1
2000We'll Keep a WelcomeBryn Terfel, The Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Gareth Jones1
2004JenůfaJanáček; Charles Mackerras, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Elizabeth Vaughan, Josephine Barstow, Janice Watson, Peter Wedd, Nigel Robson & Neal Davies1
2013GlorianaBritten; Josephine Barstow, Della Jones, Yvonne Kenny, Philip Langridge, Orchestra and Chorus of the Welsh National Opera, Alan Opie, Jonathan Summers, Charles Mackerras2
2024Symphonic Suites Imagined by Carlo RizziGiacomo Puccini; Carlo Rizzi, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera1
—Sea Drift / Florida SuiteDelius; Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Chorus of the Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras, Thomas Hampson1
—Tristan und IsoldeWagner; Chorus & Orchestra of Welsh National Opera; Sir Reginald Goodall1

Album + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1979Verdi ChorusesGiuseppe Verdi; Chorus & Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Richard Armstrong1
1999Orchestral WorksDelius; Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras1
2002The Song of Hiawatha / Symphonic Variations on an African AirSamuel Coleridge-Taylor; Helen Field, Arthur Davies, Bryn Terfel, Orchestra and Chorus of the Welsh National OperaKenneth Alwyn1

Album + Soundtrack

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1992The MikadoGilbert & Sullivan; Orchestra & Chorus of the Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras1
1993The Pirates of PenzanceGilbert & Sullivan; Orchestra & Chorus of the Welsh National Opera, Charles Mackerras1
1994H. M. S. PinaforeGilbert & Sullivan; Orchestra & Chorus of the Welsh National Opera, Charles Mackerras1
1995The Yeomen of the Guard / Trial by JuryGilbert and Sullivan; Orchestra & Chorus of the Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras1

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