Congratulations to Mezzo soprano Angharad Lyddon who has been selected to represent Wales in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition 2019.
On Saturday 30 June 2108, Angharad wowed the audience and judges at St David’s Hall, Cardiff, accompanied by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales with performances of
Mozart’s ‘Ah, scostati…Smanie implacabili’, Cosí fan tutti, ’Where corals lie’, Elgar’s Sea Pictures, Strauss’s ‘Wie du Warst, wie du bist’, Der Rosenkavalier, ‘Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix’, from Saint-Saen’s Samson et Dalila and ending with ‘Près des remparts de Séville’, from Bizet’s Carmen.
She will be competing in the Song Prize for BBC Cardiff Singer of the World on Saturday 15 June and in the Main Prize on Monday 17 June 2019
Information about the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World and how to book tickets is available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1zSK7cm4S8rsQWpRGWvZvLy/bbc-cardiff-singer-of-the-world-2019
In the run-up to her appearing in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition Angharad will be performing a lunchtime concert at St David’s Hall, Cardiff on Tuesday 9 April 2019 at 13.00.
This will take place on Wednesday 13 May 2020.
Details about this event and information about how to apply will be available in the Autumn of 2019.