Music Theatre Wales

Type Company Type Programme/Repertoire Season Location Touring opera company New and contemporary All UK & international Punch and Judy The Lighthouse The Electrification of the Soviet Union Company:  Music Theatre Wales Address:  54 Bute Street, Cardiff CF10 5AF, WALES Website:  http://www.musictheatrewales.org.uk E-mail:  enquiries@musictheatrewales.org.uk Tel:  +44 (29) 2049 8471 Fax:  +44 (29) 2049 8472

Intimate opera with a big kick.
A pioneering force in contemporary opera in Britain and with a growing international reputation, Music Theatre Wales presents its work to as wide an audience as possible.  It undertakes educational and outreach programmes in association with performances, aiming to enhance people's understanding and involvement in opera, develop professional skills and help build a vibrant future for new opera.  Productions have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, BBC TV and recorded for CD.  In 1992 and 1997 MTW was short-listed for the Prudential Award for Opera for 'Creativity, excellence, innovation and accessibility' and has won the constant praise of audiences and critics since its creation in 1988.  In 1998 and 2000, MTW was listed in the Observer's Top 10 Classical Music Events of the Year.  Repertoire has included operas by Britten, Birtwistle, Maxwell-Davies and Stravinsky and the company has commissioned works from composers including Michael Berkely, John Woolrich and John Hardy, Nigel Osborne and Lynne Plowman.

This is one of Britain's most able and inventive touring opera companies
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Recordings
Title/Work/Composer	Catalogue number	Description
Jane Eyre, Michael Berkeley		Live recording. Release, Sept 2003

Key staff
Name	Title/Function
Michael McCarthy	Artistic Director
Michael Rafferty	Music Director
Rachel Dominy	General Manager