Last month members of Icknield and Canoldir travelled down to
the Millennium Centre, Cardiff at the invitation of the Welsh National Opera(WNO) to
watch the final dress rehearsal of a newly commissioned opera described in reviews as a
light comedy set in the Welsh Valleys in the 1950’s.
We were one of several choirs, both English and Welsh, who had been invited to watch
this final rehearsal. After the performance, all the choirs were asked to gather on the
stage along with the WNO’s Chorus and were invited to sing the last verse of one of the
songs sang in the opera a well known Welsh hymn Gwahoddiad, a favourite of both Welsh
and English MVC’s, This was filmed and recorded for future reference. What a treat!
It turned out to be a very enjoyable and memorable visit to the Welsh capital.
In the meantime we carry on with our rehearsals with our MD, Steve Roche and visiting
members of the WNO, working hard in getting the choir performance ready for Blaze of
Glory is coming to the Hippodrome Theatre, Birmingham for one night only, on
Saturday,6 th , May and we as a choir have been invited to contribute to this performance
by singing along with the opera chorus in selected sections of the production.
More details to follow.
Meirion Bowen.
the Millennium Centre, Cardiff at the invitation of the Welsh National Opera(WNO) to
watch the final dress rehearsal of a newly commissioned opera described in reviews as a
light comedy set in the Welsh Valleys in the 1950’s.
We were one of several choirs, both English and Welsh, who had been invited to watch
this final rehearsal. After the performance, all the choirs were asked to gather on the
stage along with the WNO’s Chorus and were invited to sing the last verse of one of the
songs sang in the opera a well known Welsh hymn Gwahoddiad, a favourite of both Welsh
and English MVC’s, This was filmed and recorded for future reference. What a treat!
It turned out to be a very enjoyable and memorable visit to the Welsh capital.
In the meantime we carry on with our rehearsals with our MD, Steve Roche and visiting
members of the WNO, working hard in getting the choir performance ready for Blaze of
Glory is coming to the Hippodrome Theatre, Birmingham for one night only, on
Saturday,6 th , May and we as a choir have been invited to contribute to this performance
by singing along with the opera chorus in selected sections of the production.
More details to follow.
Meirion Bowen.
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