By telephone: Phone lines open from 10am to 7pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 6pm at weekends.
By post: Send details of your ticket requests and WMC will mail your tickets directly to you. Post your request to Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Place, Cardiff Bay, CF10 5AL. Tickets can be paid for by cheque, postal order, credit or debit card. Please do not send cash.
In person: WMC Ticket desk in Wales Millennnium Centre is open from 10am to 7pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 6pm at weekends. When there is an evening performance the front desk is open until 9pm.
Dates :
2007/2008 SEASON
Booking now open
All performances start at 7.15 unless stated otherwise.
Aida: Tuesday 27, Saturday 31 May and Tuesday 3, Saturday 7 and Saturday 14 June 2008
Hansel & Gretel: Friday 30 May, Sunday 8 (4pm) and Friday 13 June 2008
An evening of Rossini: Sunday 1 (4pm) and Wednesday 11 June 2008
Alexander Nevsky / Carbon 12 - A Choral Symphony: Friday 6 and Thursday 12 June 2008
2008/2009 SEASON
NOW'S THE TIME! - Becoming a Subscriber is a great way to plan your year of opera-going ahead.
Cardiff Subscription Series 2008/2009 booking is now open by post only using a Subscription brochure. To request a brochure please click here (and state that you would like to receive a Cardiff Subscription brochure). Public individual opera booking is now open (online and phone and counter sales).
Autumn 2008
Otello Friday 19, Wednesday 24 & Saturday 27 September and Saturday 4 & Saturday 11 October
The Barber of Seville Friday 26 & Sunday 28 September and Friday 3 & Thursday 9 October
Jenufa Wednesday 8 & Friday 10 October
Spring 2009
The Marriage of Figaro Saturday 7, Wednesday 11, Friday 13, Saturday 21, Wednesday 25 & Saturday 28 February
The Elixir of Love Thursday 12, Saturday 14, Sunday 22 & Friday 27 February
Salome Tuesday 24 & Thursday 26 February
Summer 2009
The Queen of Spades Wednesday 13, Saturday 16 & Tuesday 19 May & Thursday 4 June
La bohème Monday 18 & Wednesday 20 May and Wednesday 3, Friday 5 & Saturday 6 June
Mitridate re di Ponto Tuesday 2 June
Ticket Prices :
All performances except An evening of Rossini, Alexander Nevsky / Carbon 12 and Mitridate
Stalls: £37.50, £35, £25
Circle: £37.50, £35, £30
Upper Circle: £20, £15, £10, £5
An evening of Rossini and Alexander Nevsky / Carbon 12
Ticket prices as Spring and Summer 2007
Discounts :
Students & registered unemployed - Special Six o'clock upgrade ticket. Purchase any £5 ticket and get a chance to upgrade for £1 to any other seat in the house (subject to availability) after 6pm on the day of performance.
Registered disabled people: Free companion ticket if required. Please inform the Ticket and Information office of your needs when booking.
Groups: Get your friends and family organised. get a group of ten together and get one extra ticket free: a group of twenty gets two extra tickets free.
Other Info :
Surtitles: Follow the action in English and Welsh
When an opera is sung in a language other than English, a translation of the story is displayed on a screen above the stage. Although the performances and music mean you can follow the story, the surtitles appear throughout the show.
Surtitles are visible from seats throughout the new auditorium of the Wales Millennium Centre.
Pre-performance talks
Otello - 6.30pm and 6.15pm
The Barber of Seville - 26 September at 5.30pm and 6.15pm and 28 September at 2.15pm and 3pm.
Jenufa -Wednesday 8 and Friday 10 October - 5.30pm and 6.15pm
The Marriage of Figaro - 7, 13, and 21 February at 5.15pm and 6pm and 28 february at 6pm
The Elixir of Love - 12 and 14 February at 5.30pm and 6.15pm and 22 February at 3pm.
Salome - Tuesday 24 and Thursday 26 February at 7pm
The Queen of Spades - 13, 16 and 19 May at 5.15pm and 6pm and 4 June at 6pm.
La Boheme - 18 and 20 May at 5.30pm and 6.15pm and 3, 5 and 6 June at 6.15pm.
Mitridate, re di Ponto (in concert) - Tuesday 2 June at 6pm.
Welsh National Opera's pre-performance talks are free- but have to be ticketed due to popular demand. Please book you place through the Wales Millenium Centre.
Buy your programmes in advance
If you want to find out more about the opera you are attending in advance, you can buy your programmes by mail order. WNO programmes are available by post after the first Cardiff performance of each opera at a cost of £4 plus 50p postage and packing (cheque/credit card only). For more information please contact Siobhan Neil, WNO Marketing, Wales Millenium Centre, Bute Place, Cardiff, CF10 5AL, call 02920 635039 or email siobhan.neil@wno.org.uk
Explore Opera
Sunday 28 September - 1.15pm - 2.45pm for The Barber of Seville
Sunday 22 February - 1-15pm - 2.45pm for The Elixir of Love
Saturday 6 June - 2pm - 4pm for La Boheme
Explore Opera gives a buoyant ovrview of WNO's productions and the characters in each opera. These events are free for people who may be new to opera as well as regualr opera - goers so please come and experience firsthand the creations of an opera from the score to the stage. These do not need to be booked in advance.
What's On and Where
WNO performs three classic operas across the UK this Autumn.
WNO presents a major new traditional production of Verdi's tragic masterpiece Otello and the return of two much-loved productions, Rossini's The Barber of Seville and Janacek's Jenufa.
Otello
The Barber of Seville
Jenufa
Front Cover of the WNO book - Welsh National Opera - Celebrating the first 60 years. For more information click here.
