Made up of enthusiastic, talented young singers and instrumentalists aged between 16 and 25 years old, the group meets regularly in Cardiff under the musical direction of Tim Rhys-Evans. They work with experienced theatre professionals - directors, vocal coaches and musicians - to improve performance skills as well as collaborating with composers and writers in creation of totally new pieces.

Each year WNYO mounts a full-scale production - opera, musical theatre, devised pieces - in the Weston Studio of Wales Millennium Centre.
We are currently recruiting for WNYO's 2008 company who will perform a new opera, The Calling of Maisy Day.  Written by award-winning composer, Brian Irvine, with a libretto by John Binias, the piece is a chilling exploration of life in a 21st century call centre.and will be performed by 50 singers and a lively ten-piece band.  Commissioning inspiring new pieces whose content is relevant and interesting to young performers is central to WNYO's ethos.

WNYO was praised in Opera Magazine's review of its Candide "A perfect performances?  As near as damn it, and no allowances need to be made for the young cast. Quite simply, they delivered. Thank you, WNYO: this for me was one of the musical highlights of last year"