Introduction

'A world-class company' The Independent

WNO is committed to being a 21^st century, world-class opera company and is the first European opera company to create music downloads and video streaming from its own live performances.

Carlo Rizzi, WNO Music Director and conductor of The Flying Dutchman:

'Although there is nothing better than the live experience of opera, these fast expanding technologies enable everyone in the world, very quickly to access what we are doing in our country, in our city and in our Company. I am delighted my personal enthusiasm for this has been shared by all my colleagues within WNO who have helped make this a real first for the Company.  This is also a wonderful way of developing our relationship with Coutts and I am delighted at their interest in helping us promote the downloads.'

WNO’s The Flying Dutchman, opened at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff on Friday 17 February 2005. WNO’s The Flying Dutchman is sponsored by Coutts & Co and The Flying Dutchman Syndicate.

SEE US:
Following Cardiff, WNO perform The Flying Dutchman in London and Birmingham (with Bryn Terfel in the title role): then Bristol, Milton Keynes, Liverpool and Swansea (with Robert Hayward in the title role). For more details click here.

You can also watch video streaming of extracts of this performance, as well as interviews with Bryn Terfel and Director David Pountney. 

Click here to go to the video streaming page.

HEAR US:
You can download FREE music extracts of this performance to your Ipod/ MP3 player of The Flying Dutchman.

Click here to go to the music download page.

Please note this site remains live throughout WNO’s Spring performances (until Monday 17 April).

Welsh National Opera is the national opera company for Wales as well as being the largest provider of opera to regional England.  In 2004, WNO moved into its new home – the state of the art Wales Millennium Centre.

WNO presents over 110 main scale opera performances annually, performing to almost 140,000 people in some of the most densely populated urban areas in Britain. WNO MAX takes opera beyond the mainstage –  in schools, community halls and event in tents – commissioning new work and with the aims to bring out the operatic in everyone across range of ages, communities and abilities.

CREDITS

Performance and interview video:  An Opus tf production for S4C" / "Cynhyrchiad Opus tf ar gyfer S4C

Audio edited by Floating Earth

WNO wishes to thank Music Director Carlo Rizzi, Bryn Terfel, Annalena Persson, the Chorus and Orchestra of WNO, Opus, S4C, the Musicians’ Union, Equity, and all other members of WNO for making the downloads possible.