Fflamau Penyberth
(The Flames of Penyberth)
Perfformiadau:
19/xi/26. Neuadd Dwyfor, Pwllheli
20/xi/26. The Stiwt, Rhosllannerchrugog
24/xi/26. Pontio, Bangor
26/xi/26. Taliesin, Abertawe
27/xi/26. The Memo, Y Barri
28/xi/26. Theatr Brycheiniog, Aberhonddu
03/xii/26. Canolfan y Celfyddydau, Aberystwyth
05/xii/26. Neuadd Dwyfor, Pwllheli
“The fire they lit in Caernarvonshire has already ceased even to be a memory in the land… for their own countrymen openly shrug their shoulders in an unconcealed disdain whenever they hear any reference to the incident.”
Llosgi’r Ysgol Fomio
Mae Gareth Glyn yn dychwelyd i gydweithio efo OPRA Cymru – yn dilyn lansiad mewn sinemâu ac ar y teledu o’i ffilm opera ‘Tanau’r Lloer’ – a’r opera newydd sydd yn ail-adrodd hanes eithriadol y tri dyn duwiol sy’n mynd ati i gynnau tân mewn canolfan awyr yng Ngogledd Cymru, cyn iddyn nhw ildio’u hunain i’r heddlu ym Mhwllheli.
Er mwyn nodi’r naw degfed pen-blwydd o ddigwyddiad a wnaeth gwahaniaeth hanesyddol i ddyfodol yr iaith Gymraeg, bydd yr opera newydd yn teithio ledled Cymru efo cast serol sydd yn cynnwys Robin Gruffudd Hughes, Emyr Wyn Jones, a Robyn Lyn, phob un ohonyn nhw wedi cydweithio efo OPRA Cymru yn y gorffennol.
Gareth Glyn returns to work with OPRA Cymru – following the launch in cinemas and on television of his opera film ‘Fires of the Moon’ – on a new opera that retells the extraordinary story of the three God-fearing men who go out one night in 1936 to set fire to an air base in North Wales, before they hand themselves in at Pwllheli police station. To mark the ninetieth anniversary of an event which made an historic difference to the future of the Welsh language, the new opera is set to tour performances across Wales with a stellar cast, including Robin Gruffudd Hughes, Emyr Wyn Jones, and Robyn Lyn, who have all worked with OPRA Cymru in the past.
“...poinsonous and perverted nationalism of a particularly vitriolic and unreasoning type...”