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The Golden Dragon

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Upcoming Production

The Golden Dragon runs from 22nd September to 31st October 2017

this UK premiere production by Music Theatre Wales is a compelling, entertaining and ultimately affecting 90 minutes of music drama

Artsdesk.com

Immaculately rehearsed, Music Theatre Wales’s performance is exemplary in its clarity and simplicity In a year unusually full of operatic novelty, The Golden Dragon stands out as a subtly piquant delight The pacing is masterly...

The Telegraph

It’s a deceptively powerful piece of theatre, superbly presented by MTW

Opera Magazine

The dramatic trajectory from burlesque-like caricature to something authentically moving and significant is totally assured McCarthy’s wonderfully inventive and direct production

The Guardian

The UK premiere of Péter Eötvös’s opera, brilliantly brought to life at the Buxton Festival by Music Theatre Wales. Michael McCarthy’s production, with a small orchestra immaculately conducted by Geoffrey Paterson, plays it all as a surreal romp, rich in black humour.

The Times

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Y Tŵr runs from 19th May to 17th July 2017

typically alert and alive production by Michael McCarthy

Times Literary Supplement

Thrillingly heroic

Seen & Heard International

...a cracking psychological drama — both realistic and surreal, metaphysical and mysterious at the same time

The Times

Guto Puw’s landmark Welsh-language opera touches and absorbs...

The Stage

As the first contemporary operatic work written in the Welsh language, it breaks important new ground…

The Guardian

At no point did I tire of Puw’s score in this his first opera, a work of real imaginative power

The Arts Desk

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Peter Eötvös and The Golden Dragon

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Music.Theatre.Wales.

The Golden Dragon

this UK premiere production by Music Theatre Wales is a compelling, entertaining and ultimately affecting 90 minutes of music drama

Immaculately rehearsed, Music Theatre Wales’s performance is exemplary in its clarity and simplicity In a year unusually full of operatic novelty, The Golden Dragon stands out as a subtly piquant delight The pacing is masterly...

It’s a deceptively powerful piece of theatre, superbly presented by MTW

The dramatic trajectory from burlesque-like caricature to something authentically moving and significant is totally assured McCarthy’s wonderfully inventive and direct production

The UK premiere of Péter Eötvös’s opera, brilliantly brought to life at the Buxton Festival by Music Theatre Wales. Michael McCarthy’s production, with a small orchestra immaculately conducted by Geoffrey Paterson, plays it all as a surreal romp, rich in black humour.

We create new opera to inspire and challenge our audiences.

typically alert and alive production by Michael McCarthy

Thrillingly heroic

...a cracking psychological drama — both realistic and surreal, metaphysical and mysterious at the same time

Guto Puw’s landmark Welsh-language opera touches and absorbs...

As the first contemporary operatic work written in the Welsh language, it breaks important new ground…

At no point did I tire of Puw’s score in this his first opera, a work of real imaginative power

Peter Eötvös and The Golden Dragon

From Wales to Wall Street

The Devil Inside

A Director's Diary

Y Tŵr – The Finishing Touches

Past Productions

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