Mark Evans ABC of Opera news – event Saturday Cardiff linked to Singer of the World

One of Wales’s best loved singers is holding a special ABC of Opera Family Workshop Day as part of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Fringe festival.
Mark Llewellyn Evans has been busy touring schools throughout Wales with his ABC of Opera workshops.
On Saturday (June 17), at the Weston Studio (1-4pm) at the Wales Millennium Centre, he will be hosting a free workshop.
Mark said: “As part of BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Fringe, we are proud to spin the globe with the ABC of Opera family workshop day!
“For one day only, this children’s workshop is being offered to the whole family.
“It’s a fun, frivolous, frolicsome adventure for boys and girls, mums and dads, aunts, uncles and cousins, too. Turn the key and open the trunk of treasures to discover the magic of a 500-year-old story, and find out how it all began in the land of pizza and pasta.
“Learn about luckless Lully, flatulent Mozart and bootless Bizet.
“Come to an exciting, engaging and interactive discovery of the world of opera alongside our professional opera singers as we unfold the tales of Don Giovanni, Violetta, Papageno, Angelina, the Barber of Seville and so much more.”
Tickets and information can be obtained from the Wales Millennium Centre, 029 2063 6464 |wmc.org.uk
About Mark Llewellyn Evans:
As a young boy Mark`s dream was to become a chef, but after being heard by Sir Geraint Evans the stage soon beckoned. Trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the National Opera Studio, London Mark has conquered many prestigious opera stages and concert venues around the globe singing title roles such as: Marcello La Bohème, Papageno Die Zauberflöte (Welsh National Opera & CAMI),Don Don Giovanni (English National Opera),Eugene Onegin (Wexford Opera Festival),Schaunard La Bohème (Wexford Opera Festival),Sciarrone Tosca (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra),Dr Falke Die Fledermaus (The Carl Rosa Opera Company),Figaro Le Nozze Di Figaro (Opera Theatre Company Dublin),Masseto Don Giovanni (English Touring Opera),Albert Werther (English Touring Opera),Pish Tush Mikado, (Raymond Gubbay),Captain Corcoran HMS Pinafore, Giuseppe The Gondoliers ,Cox Cox & Box (Gilbert & Sullivan International Festival) ,Jack for the world premiere of House of the Gods (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
His concert repertoire ranges from Opera Galas (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra), An Evening of Rodgers & Hammerstein (RTE Orchestra), numerous tours with the band of the Welsh Guards as well as his one man show across the UK and the USA. He continues to impress, even outside the concert hall and recording studio, and last year Mark appeared on our big screens, starring in Guy Ritchie`s latest Sherlock Holmes movie “A Game of Shadows” (Warner Brothers) singing and performing the role of Don Giovanni.
‘Let the Light in’ Mark`s debut album reached the top 10 in the UK classical charts, ‘Tell my Father’ performing with the Band of the Welsh Guards became a number one in the UK, benefitting the Welsh Guards Afghanistan Appeal. As well as Mark`s singing and acting he has presented for BBC Radio Wales, hosted The Duke of Edinburgh’s International World Fellowship Awards, St David’s Day Celebrations in Singapore, National Film Awards 2015 as well as An Evening with David Blaine in Naples, Florida.
Mark is the artistic director for Opera Sark as well as Artistic director of ABC of Opera a project that introduces children to the magic of opera.
About the ABC educational initiative:
The ABC initiative being delivered in schools in Wales is having a direct and positive impact on young learners.
The programme framework was originally designer for pupils at Key Stage KS2 in the knowledge that it could be refined for younger and older pupils.
The ABC of Opera learning journey links world history, geography and social developments against a backcloth of music and fun.
For a video of what ABC of Opera is about, see –