The O Word

Michael interviews Meurig Price, Tony Kear and Geraint York, members of Dowlais and Blaenavon Male Voice Choirs. 

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Mae Michael yn cyfweld Meurig Price, Tony Kear a Geraint York, aelodau o gorau Meibion Dowlais a Blaenafon. 

Singers Nafissatou Batu Daramy and Mark Llewellyn Evans discuss their roles in Blaze of Glory! and provide further insight into the value of community singing.

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Mae’r cantorion, Nafissatou Batu Daramy a Mark Llewellyn Evans, yn trafod eu rolau yn Blaze of Glory! ac yn cynnig mewnwelediad pellach i werth canu cymunedol.

Michael Graham-Court explores how singing can enrich communities and learns about the Welsh tradition of Male Voice Choirs that has inspired WNO’s new production Blaze of Glory! 

In this episode, Michael is joined by the director and conductor of Blaze of Glory!, Caroline Clegg and Stephen Higgins.

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Mae Michael Graham-Court yn archwilio sut all canu gyfoethogi cymunedau wrth iddo ddysgu am draddodiad Corau Meibion Cymru a ysbrydolodd gynhyrchiad newydd WNO, Blaze of Glory!

Mae Michael yn cael cwmni cyfarwyddwr ac arweinydd Blaze of Glory!, Caroline Clegg a Stephen Higgins.

Host Michael Graham-Court delves behind-the-scenes of WNO Youth Opera’s brand-new production of Cherry Town, Moscow. In a roundtable discussion with director Daisy Evans, conductor Alice Farnham and WNO General Director Aidan Lang, Michael explores this retitled and reimagined version of Shostakovich’s Cheryomushki. The cast of young singers also lend their voices to this episode, sharing their experiences of rehearsing for a full-scale production, which will be performed in Wales Millennium Centre’s beautiful Donald Gordon Theatre.

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Mae’r cyflwynyddMichael Graham-Court yn mynd y tu ôl i lenni cynhyrchiad newydd sbon Opera Ieuenctid WNO o Cherry Town, Moscow. Mewn trafodaeth agored gyda’r cyfarwyddwr Daisy Evans, yr arweinydd Alice Farnham a Chyfarwyddwr Cyffredinol WNO Aidan Lang, mae Michael yn archwilio’r fersiwn hon o Cheryomushki gan Shostakovich sydd wedi’i hail-ddychmygu a’i hail-enwi. Mae’r cast o gantorion ifanc hefyd yn rhoi benthyg eu lleisiau i’r bennod hon, gan rannu eu profiadau o ymarfer ar gyfer cynhyrchiad  raddfa fawr a fydd yn cael ei berfformio ar lwyfan y Donald Gordon o fewn Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru.

Lorna meets WNO’s long-serving Company Manager Ian Douglas as he completes his final touring Season with the Company after over forty years working with WNO.  

Lorna Prichard delves behind the scenes to find out more about the touring lives of members of WNO’s Technical department. Guests include, Touring Wardrobe Assistants Bethan Kelly and Stevie Haynes-Gould, Lead Driver Daniel Sammons and Head of Lighting and Sound Ian Jones. 

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Mae Lorna’n mynd y tu ôl i’r llenni i ddysgu mwy am fywydau aelodau adran dechnegol WNO ar daith. Mae’r gwesteion yn cynnwys Bethan Kelly a Stevie Haynes-Gould, Cynorthwywyr Gwisgoedd ar Daith, y Prif Yrrwr Daniel Sammons a’r Pennaeth Goleuo a Sain, Ian Jones.

Comedian and Opera enthusiast Lorna Prichard gains an insight into the life of a performer on tour and explores how touring life has evolved over the years. Guests include, Soprano Alexia Voulgaridou, WNO Chorus member Julian Boyce and WNO Orchestra member Patrick King.  

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Mae Lorna Prichard yn codi cwr y llen ar fywyd perfformiwr ar daith wrth iddi archwilio sut mae bywyd ar daith wedi datblygu dros y blynyddoedd. Mae’r gwesteion yn cynnwys y Soprano Alexia Voulgaridou, aelod o Gorws WNO Julian Boyce, a Patrick King, aelod o Gerddorfa WNO. 

Gareth Jones explores new opera commissions, looking back at some of WNO’s original works and discovering how they portrayed contemporary themes. He is joined by the cast and creatives from WNO’s recent commission A Song for the Future, a collaborative project with Oasis Cardiff, in which WNO participants devised and performed an opera in response to their personal experiences.   

Bydd Gareth Jones yn archwilio comisiynau opera newydd, yn edrych yn ôl ar rai o weithiau gwreiddiol WNO, ac yn dysgu sut y gwnaethant bortreadu themâu cyfoes. Bydd yn cael cwmni cast a gweithwyr creadigol o gomisiwn diweddar WNO, A Song for the Future. Prosiect ar y cyd ag Oasis Caerdydd, a welodd cymuned o ffoaduriaid a cheiswyr lloches yn creu ac yn perfformio opera mewn ymateb i'w profiadau personol.   

Gareth Jones is joined by renowned opera critic Rupert Christiansen as he delves into the history of one of  opera’s most enduring characters, Figaro. Director David Pountney also chats with Gareth about how he built on The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro to create his sequel Figaro Gets a Divorce.

Bydd Gareth Jones yn cael cwmni'r adolygydd opera enwog, Rupert Christiansen, wrth iddo ymchwilio i hanes un o gymeriadau mwyaf diddorol opera, Figaro. Mae'r cyfarwyddwr David Pountney hefyd yn sgwrsio â Gareth ynglŷn â sut yr adeiladodd ar The Barber of Seville a The Marriage of Figaro i greu ei ddilyniant Figaro Gets a Divorce.

Gareth Jones speaks to Cardiff University lecturer Clair Rowden and together they explore how Carmen has evolved over the years since its premiere in 1875. Gareth is also joined by director Oliver Lamford who talks about his involvement in a recent production of Carmen that was reinterpreted for a post-‘me too’ era.   

Bydd Gareth Jones yn siarad â Clair Rowden, darlithydd ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd, a byddant yn archwilio sut mae Carmen wedi esblygu dros y blynyddoedd ers ei pherfformiad cyntaf yn 1875. Bydd Oliver Lamford, y cyfarwyddwr, hefyd yn ymuno â Gareth i drafod ei gyfraniad mewn cynhyrchiad diweddar o Carmen a gafodd ei ail-ddehongli ar gyfer oes ôl-‘fi hefyd’.