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Image: Julie / Photographer: Clive Barda

Image: Photographer: Clive Barda

MUSIC THEATRE WALES

Music theatre, Opera

SIZE OF COMPANY
3–28 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Middle-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Joint Artistic Director
Michael McCarthy

Joint Artistic Director
Michael Rafferty

General Manager
Rachel Dominy

ARTISTIC POLICY
Music Theatre Wales tours visually arresting and virtuosic performances of contemporary chamber opera throughout the UK and internationally. The company regularly commissions work from experienced composers and writers of the highest calibre, challenging expectations and expanding the future repertoire. It also presents contemporary classics of the genre which demand further exposure and an opportunity to reach new audiences.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
The Times ()

The Daily Telegraph ()

Julie Buzz Magazine

CURRENT PRODUCTION
By Philippe Boesmans. In his most recent chamber opera based on the play by Strindberg, Boesmans presents one of the classic dramas of the modern age in a new musical light.

FUTURE PRODUCTION
MTW commissions Ian McEwan to create his first opera libretto. Michael Berkeley builds on past success with this: his most dramatic and passionate opera to date.

WRAP-AROUND
Pre- and post-performance talks, schools and university workshops and study events.

TOURING AVAILABILITY
from January 2008
July–September 2008 and 2009

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