Canolfan UCHELDRE Centre

Diary — Opera

The Ucheldre Centre is an ideal venue for small-scale touring opera, and has hosted several productions by Welsh National Opera and Swansea City Opera, as well as by touring groups of singers. Watch this space for news of future productions.

Music

Garden Consort

17 September 7.30pm

Artists from The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden present:

A Champagne Opera and West End Musical Gala At a summer’s evening of music with a selection of vocal gems from across the musical spectrum

George Owen ~ tenor
Glenys Roberts ~ soprano
Deborah Hawksley ~ mezzo-soprano
John Morgan ~ baritone
Roy Gregory ~ pianist

*£10, £8 concessions, £3 children

Music

Vocal workshops with Marian Bryfdir

18 September 10am–5pm

Vocal Workshops with Marian Bryfdir and WNO Choral Singing Day

Improve the way you sing, and enjoy your singing even more!

A series of four vocal workshops with renowned voice coach Marian Bryfdir, in a step-by-step course to encourage correct breathing and posture, eliminate muscular tension, free the voice, and produce a healthy and more beautiful sound through a series of exercises and songs.

Workshops will be held in a relaxed, friendly, and supportive atmosphere, and are open to all levels of ability from beginners to more practised singers wishing to further develop their voices. The series also includes a Welsh National Opera (WNO) Choral Singing Day. The series will be followed in early 2011 by a new course of four opera workshops (15 Jan, 12 Feb, 12 Mar, and 3 Apr), leading to the opportunity to perform in Swansea City Opera’s production of Tosca on 16 April.

£10, £5 concessions & students per workshop. Or £30 (£15 concessions) if paid in advance for whole series.

Voice workshops: 18 Sep; 16 Oct; 13 Nov; and 11 Dec. WNO Choral Singing Day: 24 Oct: £5