The O Word

What does it take to be an opera singer? With Mary Elizabeth Williams

July 15, 2020 Welsh National Opera Season 1 Episode 6
The O Word
What does it take to be an opera singer? With Mary Elizabeth Williams
Show Notes

Gareth returns to question ‘What does it take to be an opera singer?’, this time sitting down with Soprano Mary Elizabeth Williams. Together they discuss Mary Elizabeth’s career to date and consider what lies ahead for the opera world in challenging and uncertain times.

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Mae Gareth yn dychwelyd at y cwestiwn ‘Beth sydd ei angen er mwyn bod yn ganwr opera?‘, gan eistedd i lawr y tro hwn gyda’r Soprano Mary Elizabeth Williams. Gyda’i gilydd maent yn trafod gyrfa Mary Elizabeth hyd yma ac yn ystyried y dyfodol agos ar gyfer y byd opera yn ystod y cyfnod heriol ac ansicr hwn.

Credits:

Un Ballo in Maschera, with thanks to WNO Orchestra, Mary Elizabeth Williams and Gwyn Hughes Jones

La Forza del Destino, cond. Molinari-Pradelli, Deutsche Grammophone (1955)

Il Trovatore, ‘D’amour Sull’alli Rosee’ performed by Maria Callas

Tosca: Vissi D’arte’, performed by Maria Callas