Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
The Welsh National Opera Orchestra maintains a busy schedule outside of its function as an opera house orchestra. The group has made several recordings.
The beginnings of the Welsh National Opera Orchestra date to 1946, when the modern Welsh National Opera was formed in the city of Cardiff. A professional orchestra drawn partly from the ranks of the BBC Welsh Orchestra (now the BBC National Orchestra of Wales). The new opera company had a precarious financial situation in its early years, and the orchestra petered out even as the company began to engage professional singers of greater repute. In 1952, the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra began to provide music for Welsh National Opera productions. Later, it was supplanted by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and the BBC Ulster Orchestra for productions in different parts of the United Kingdom. For the 1970-1971 season, the Welsh National Opera reestablished its own orchestra, at first called the Welsh Philharmonia. The group took its present name in 1978; it has also been known as the Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera. A new Welsh National Opera Chorus was also established in 1973.
The Welsh National Opera Orchestra has accompanied Welsh National Opera productions since then, and it appeared on various recordings with the company. An early digital release was a 1997 recording of highlights from Verdi's Un ballo in maschera, issued on the Apex label. The orchestra on that album was conducted by Carlo Rizzi, one of the Welsh National Opera conductors who have also directed the orchestra. Rizzi has maintained his association with the group even after being succeeded by Lother Koenigs and Sir Charles Mackerras as music director. Tomáš Hanus became music director in 2016 and remained in that position as of the mid-2020s. The orchestra also maintains a busy concert schedule. It is based at Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff and participates annually in that city's St. David's Hall International Concert Series. The group gained national and international exposure from its participation in the televised Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. The orchestra has appeared on several albums of vocal and instrumental music, and in 2024, Rizzi returned for the Signum Classics album Puccini: Symphonic Suites Imagined by Carlo Rizzi. The Welsh National Opera Orchestra maintains educational partnerships with the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, the Birmingham Conservatoire, and the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in Greenwich, England.
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Puccini Symphonic Suites: In New Editions by Carlo Rizzi
Carlo Rizzi, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
Clásica - Editado por Signum Records el 9 feb. 2023
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Delius: Orchestral Works
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Charles Mackerras
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 1 ene. 1990
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Bryn Terfel - We'll Keep A Welcome
Bryn Terfel, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, GARETH JONES
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 1 jul. 1999
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Elgar: The Wand Of Youth Suites; Songs From The Starlight Express; Dream Children
Charles Mackerras, Alison Hagley, Bryn Terfel, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 1 jul. 1992
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Madama Butterfly Symphonic Suite (Radio Edit)
Carlo Rizzi, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
Clásica - Editado por Signum Records el 9 ene. 2024
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Tosca Symphonic Suite (Radio Edit)
Carlo Rizzi, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
Clásica - Editado por Signum Records el 23 ene. 2024
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Ambroise Thomas : Hamlet
Richard Bonynge, Welsh National Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Sherrill Milnes, Dame Joan Sutherland
Clásica - Editado por Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. el 16 oct. 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Incomparable Alfredo Kraus
Alfredo Kraus, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 17 mar. 1995
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Delius: Sea Drift; Florida Suite
Charles Mackerras, Thomas Hampson, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 1 oct. 1991
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Delius: Violin Concerto; Dance Rhapsodies Nos. 1 & 2; Summer Night On The River etc
Charles Mackerras, Tasmin Little, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 1 may. 1992
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Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha
Helen Field, Arthur Davies, Bryn Terfel, Welsh National Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Kenneth Alwyn
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 1 ene. 1990
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Gilbert & Sullivan: Highlights from The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S Pinafore, The Yeomen of the Guard and Trial by Jury
Charles Mackerras, Welsh National Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
Clásica - Editado por Telarc el 23 ene. 1996
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The Artistry of Fernando de la Mora
Fernando de la Mora, Charles Mackerras, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
Clásica - Editado por Telarc el 1 ago. 1995
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Gilbert and Sullivan
Charles Mackerras, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Welsh National Opera Chorus
Clásica - Editado por Telarc el 1 jul. 1999
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George Lloyd: The Vigil Of Venus (Pervigilium Veneris)
George Lloyd, Welsh National Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 1 oct. 1990
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Messager: Les Deux Pigeons
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Richard Bonynge
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 1 ene. 1993
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Opera Gala with Dennis O'Neil
Dennis O'Neill, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Richard Armstrong
Clásica - Editado por Collins Classics el 1 nov. 1990
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Puccini: Nessun Dorma
Dennis O'Neill, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
Opereta - Editado por PMI Collins Classics el 22 feb. 2019
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Classical Romance with Gaetano Donizetti
Gaetano Donizetti, Dennis O'Neill, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, RSO Ljubljana
Lounge - Editado por PMI Collins Classics el 1 feb. 2019
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Classical Romance with Gioachino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini, Dennis O'Neill, Rita Noel, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
Lounge - Editado por PMI Collins Classics el 1 feb. 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo