Meet WNO
WNO employs over 250 people ranging from artists, craftspeople, technicians and administrators – all based at our state-of-the-art home, Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff. At the heart of WNO sit our two full-time ensembles, WNO Chorus and WNO Orchestra, of world-class musicians.
Staff Team
Executive Management
- Katie ShrubbExecutive PA
Artistic
- Jo WalshExecutive Producer
- Kate BaylisDirector of Artistic Administration
- Russel MoretonHead of Music
- Head of Chorus and OrchestraCatherine Porteus
- Chorus MasterFrederick Brown
- Stephen WoodDeputy Head of Music
- Dave CollinsOrchestra Manager
- Alex ButlerChorus Manager
- Catherine DuffyMusic Librarian
- Llinos BeasleyHead of Planning
- Julia CusworthPlanning Assistant
- Cherry BernsteinCompany Manager
- Chris LewisSenior Orchestra Technician
- Glesni Price-JonesSenior Producer
- Jack FurnessBoiler Room Producer
- Megan NelsonAssociate Producer
- Rebeka PeakeYoung People's Producer
- Sabrina HarrisLead Chaperone and Safeguarding
- Helen WoodsLead Animateur
- Meinir TuckeyArts and Health Project Coordinator
Development and Audiences
- Matt FreemanDirector of Development
- Sarah Cannon JonesEvents & Experiences Lead
- Fran NewtonIndividual Giving Manager
- Brett StoyleTrust and Partnerships Officer
- Sally BirdIndividual Giving Officer
- Rachel CoxDevelopment Officer
- Martina FraserHead of Marketing & Digital
- Neil CollinsStrategic Communications Lead
- Katherine Formosa-BownMarketing Campaigns Manager
- Llion ParryDigital Marketing and Communications Officer
- Jenny HulmePress Officer
- Caitlin Wildgoose-DavisMarketing Assistant
Support and Enable
- Catherine Cassidy-DedicsExecutive Director
- Rebecca GullyHead of People & Culture
- Nadine HollowayFinance Director
- Owain ElidirDigital and Data Analyst
- Amanda LewisPeople Partner
- Robert SalmonH&S and Wellbeing Manager
- Rachel Mordecai-LamertonH&S Officer
- Carys DaviesHR Administrator
- Delyth ArchardFinance Business Partner
- Val WatkinsPayroll Manager
- Jake WatkinFinance Officer - Productions and Operations
- Melanie JenkinsPayroll Assistant
- Abbie BooneFinance Assistant
Production Department
- Robert PagettHead of Production
- Sian PriceHead of Costume
- Torben SchachtHead of Props
- Katie Heath-JonesSenior Stage Manager
- Jenni PriceSenior Stage Manager
- Jane WilliamsMen's Cutter
- Sue CrowleMiliner
- Nellie BirdSenior Costume Maker
- Emma Jane EdmondsSenior Costume Maker
- Eve JonesSenior Costume Maker
- Barbara LeithProp Maker
- Carter CordwellProp Technician
- Suzie SingletonSenior Deputy Stage Manager
- Sophie SingletonSenior Assistant Stage Manager
Technical Operations
- Grant BardenHead of Technical Operations
- Dan SaddingtonHead of Stage
- Ben NaylorHead of Lighting, Sound & Video
- Sian McCabeHead of Wigs & Makeup
- Danny SammonsTransport Manager & Lead Driver
- Judith RusselTouring Wardrobe Manager
- Stephen BlendellTechnical Show Manager
- Nick GibbonsTechnical Show Manager
- Owain DaviesLighting Manager
- Thomas RobertsLighting & AV Systems Manager
- Anthony CoxSenior Stage Technician
- Gabe WilliamsSenior Stage Technician
- Rowan HowardSenior Stage Technician
- Mattia GiubassoSenior Lighting Technician
- Andrew WynneSenior Lighting Technician
- Tigy TuckerSenior Wigs & Makeup Technician
- Bethan JonesSenior Wigs & Makeup Technicians
- Lucy MeadTechnical Administrator
- John Birch HirstSenior Operations Technician
- Chris LewisSenior Orchestra Technician
- Dan ThatcherSenior Touring Wardrobe Technician
WNO Chorus
We are a full-time professional opera singers who, along with the WNO Orchestra, form the musical and artistic backbone of Welsh National Opera.
WNO Orchestra
With a reputation as one of the finest orchestras in the UK, we are one of two permanent, full-time ensembles at the heart of Welsh National Opera, alongside the WNO Chorus.
WNO Chorus
We are full-time professional opera singers who, along with the WNO Orchestra form the musical and artistic backbone of one of the few large-scale opera companies in the UK. We play a significant role in the vast majority of WNO operatic performances, as well as other events throughout the year. From bohemians to bakers, duchesses to drunks, we play them all.
While we have a number of singers from other countries in our ranks, we are unmistakably and proudly a Welsh Chorus. When you come to a Welsh National Opera event – whether at home here in Wales Millennium Centre or on tour across England and Wales – you’ll experience a unique, live acoustic event which is never the same twice. We give our all every time we go on stage, singing as though our lives depend on it.
Sopranos
Mezzos
Helen Greenaway, Mezzo SopranoIt's good to be a member of a company with an international reputation but which also has a family feel.
Tenors
Basses
What's On
Opera, concerts, national touring productions, free events and exhibitions.
WNO Orchestra
WNO Orchestra has been delighting audiences, both nationally and internationally, for nearly 50 years. We are proud of being more than just an opera orchestra, and we love the variety of work we get to perform - from large-scale orchestral concerts at St David’s Hall with our Music Director, to chamber music without conductors - in venues and festivals across Wales, the UK and abroad.
We are passionate about the future of our artform, and are energised by working with young musicians and singers from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, the National Opera Studio, the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
First Violin
Second Violin
Ann Jones
No.3 Second ViolinDonald McNaught
Tutti Second ViolinMarilyn Shewring
Tutti Second Violin
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
Woodwind
Brass
What's On
Opera, concerts, national touring productions, free events and exhibitions.
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Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors collectively oversees the Company's affairs, while meeting the appropriate interests of our stakeholders.
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