I would recommend anyone who sits on Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru | Arts Council of Wales or who is considering applying to join their ranks reads and ponders Alexandra Wilson’s excellent recent piece here. ⬇️ Currently your body is residing over the total destruction of opera in #Wales . Is that really what you want?

Me for The Critic. 'We must find the courage to suppress our embarrassment, our nervousness about being labelled “snobs”, and explain why classical music has value, is worth bothering with, and is something anyone can enjoy'. thecritic.co.uk/the-love-that-…

When Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru | Arts Council of Wales cannot even commit 2 “excellence” as one of its “strategic priorities” 4 the Arts it’s clear that things have gone terribly wrong. Cutting funds 2 world-class organisations like Welsh National Opera does nothing for “inclusivity” - quite the reverse. Welsh Government

Elizabeth Atherton Roderick Williams Welsh National Opera Arts Council England The truly magnificent performance by the orchestra in Oxford in DiV just this week only serves to demonstrate how very sad and devastating this proposal is.

Elizabeth Atherton Welsh National Opera Arts Council England No!!! Though I suppose it was inevitable. And, like St John’s Voices and Mid Wales Opera, taking no account of superb artistic work … the reviews of Death in Venice have been extraordinary.

…Welsh National Opera’s the national opera company of Wales, its only full-time opera company, Wales’s jewel in the crown. It’s where I began my career. And it’s being systematically destroyed. This will be the beginning of the end unless this proposal’s reversed. #SaveWNO Musicians' Union

So it’s public now. 😥 My husband is a member of the #Orchestra of Welsh National Opera where it’s proposed they go to part-time contracts as of next April. I have tried to bang WNO’s drum since the Arts Council England cuts, but the attention has been elsewhere...🧵musiciansunion.org.uk/news/mu-respon…

Thangam Debbonaire Thomas Blunt John Quinn EnglishNationalOpera Welsh National Opera Britten Sinfonia Welsh Government Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru | Arts Council of Wales Welsh Labour Of course. So please begin that right now by pressurising Welsh Government to reverse the Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru | Arts Council of Wales cuts and reinstate Welsh National Opera & MidWalesOpera’s funding. You could actually make the difference, Thangam - in the here and now. Rhianon Passmore Rhianon Passmore MS Dawn Bowden

Precisely, Thomas Blunt. I truly hope that Thangam Debbonaire shows us that she means business here and talks some sense into her Labour colleagues in Welsh Government who are currently presiding over the demise of the entire #Opera industry in Wales. She could act right now… #SaveWNO

'For a small nation of around three million people, our operatic contribution has been astonishing.'

Neil Schofield-Hughes 🔶 🇪🇺 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇦 BylinesCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 on cuts to Welsh National Opera MidWalesOpera part of a wave of austerity undermining the arts, culture & heritage in Wales & the UK
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This Saturday at 1pm, we launch a major new BBC Radio 3 series: ‘The Land Without Music?’ with Richard Morrison — featuring Dr Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason Nicola Benedetti James MacMillan and more. This thoughtful piece in today’s The Times and The Sunday Times offers a taste of what’s to come: thetimes.co.uk/article/490fba…

The systematic gutting of arts, music, and Humanities education at all levels is not a left/right issue. It's not a 'culture war' issue. It's an issue of what kind of society we want to live in, and who we think 'deserves' the arts.

Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy: more than car and oil industries together. They employ 2.3million people. To cut funding is fudge-brained, cack-hearted thinking pitched very much at the highest level of economic self-harm. theguardian.com/education/2024…

This piece by Richard Bratby is well worth a read. That MidWalesOpera’s funding has been stopped for the reason stated below simply defies belief.

Shame on Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru | Arts Council of Wales & Welsh Government. You are as culpable as Westminster for decimating #Opera in #Wales . Welsh National Opera

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Beverley Humphreys MBE Lovely music tonight as always, dear Beverley xx It is soothing, to counter the headache I've had most of today. I'm mostly listening, not so much singing along tonight! Thank you for the mention earlier in the show, I did hear it 💗🎶 Pics from today's walk 🌼🌸

Beverley Humphreys MBE BBC Radio Wales BBC Sounds Thank you for serenading us, dearest Beverley. #WarmGlow #Nightingale

Beverley Humphreys MBE BBC Radio Wales BBC Sounds Absolutely! 💕💕💕

Beverley Humphreys MBE BBC Radio Wales BBC Sounds And speaking of beautiful — thank you for playing this divine recording. 🥰 #AnnaMoffo #WarmGlow

Beverley Humphreys MBE BBC Radio Wales BBC Sounds It was indeed beautiful, and hugely successful. And of course, a great deal of fun. 🤩