Richard Bratby

Think flute-playing Sir Keir will rescue opera? Look at Labour-run Wales

A beautiful, troubling new Death in Venice from WNO and a blazing Macbeth from Mid Wales Opera – but the Welsh Arts Council doesn't seem to care

Exceptional: Mark Le Brocq as Gustav von Aschenbach and Antony Cesar as Tadzio in Welsh National Opera’s Death in Venice. Credit: Johan Persson
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  • Death in Venice

    Venue Cymru, Llandudno, and touring until 11 May

  • Macbeth

    Riverfront Theatre, Newport

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