The Tuag Opera cohort - six music-creators paired with six writers - have been collaborating for the last eight months to develop new Welsh Language opera. Mentored by conductor Iwan Teifion Davies, librettist Gwyneth Glyn, and director Michael McCarthy the group explored what opera in Wales can be today, and in the future, through a series of practical workshops.

 

Their pieces explored a wide range of social, political and environmental themes, and we’re pleased to be presenting them at the Eisteddfod in August. Watch this space for more information!

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The Tuag Opera composer/writer pairs are Eady Crawford and Anna Sherratt, Nathan James Dearden and Siwan Llynor, Sarah Lianne Lewis and Beca Davies, Andrew Cusworth and Kayley Roberts, Lowri Mair Jones and Gwenno Gwilym, and Francesca Simmons and Teifi Emerald.

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Tuag Opera was delivered in partnership with Music Theatre Wales. Thanks to the performers Paul Carey Jones, Elgan Llyr Thomas, Elin Pritchard, Llio Evans and Rhiannon Pritchard for their hard work and valuable contributions to the programme. 

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• Composer Nathan James Dearden and writer Siwan Llynor have written an excellent blog reflecting on their Tuag Opera collaboration, and the relevance of Welsh Language Opera today- read it here: Mamiaith: Finding a new voice

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• Writer Kayley Roberts has developed a pamphlet, Tuag Adra: Libretto i Bawb, about the opera libretto and how it is used. Read it here.

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• Michael McCarthy, director of Music Theatre Wales has also written a blog reflecting on Tuag Opera, which you can read here

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Read the libretti here

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Video by Music Theatre Wales

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Mae carfan Tuag Opera – chwe chrëwr cerddoriaeth wedi'u paru â chwe  awdur – wedi bod yn cydweithio am yr wyth mis diwethaf i ddatblygu opera newydd yn y Gymraeg. Dan fentoriaeth yr arweinydd Iwan Teifion Davies, y libretydd Gwyneth Glyn, a’r cyfarwyddwr Michael McCarthy  archwiliodd y grŵp beth all opera yng Nghymru fod heddiw, ac yn y dyfodol, trwy gyfres o weithdai ymarferol.

Archwiliodd eu darnau ystod eang o themâu cymdeithasol, gwleidyddol ac amgylcheddol, ac rydym yn falch o'u cyflwyno yn yr Eisteddfod ym mis Awst. Cadwch lygad allan am ragor o wybodaeth!

Parau cyfansoddwr/awdur Tuag Opera ydy: Eady Crawford ac Anna Sherratt, Nathan James Dearden a Siwan Llynor, Sarah Lianne Lewis a Beca Davies, Andrew Cusworth a Kayley Roberts, Lowri Mair Jones a Gwenno Gwilym, a Francesca Simmons a Teifi Emerald.

Cyflwynwyd Tuag Opera mewn partneriaeth â Theatr Gerdd Cymru. Diolch i'r perfformwyr Paul Carey Jones, Elgan Llyr Thomas, Elin Pritchard, Llio Evans a Rhiannon Pritchard am eu gwaith caled a'u cyfraniadau gwerthfawr i'r rhaglen.

 

• Mae'r cyfansoddwr Nathan James Dearden a'r awdur Siwan Llynor wedi ysgrifennu blog ardderchog yn myfyrio ar eu cydweithrediad ar Tuag Opera, a pherthnasedd Opera Cymraeg heddiw – darllenwch yma: Mamiaith: Finding a new voice

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• Mae un o'r awduron, Kayley Roberts wedi datblygu pamffled, Tuag Adra: Libretto i Bawb, amdano'i libretto opera a sut mae'n cael ei ddefnyddio. Darllenwch yma.​

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• Mae Michael McCarthy, cyfarwyddwr Music Theatre Wales hefyd wedi ysgrifennu blog sy'n adlewyrchu ar Tuag Opera, a gallwch ddarllen fan hyn.

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​Sgroliwch trwy'r lluniau uchod i weld mwy

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