Under Milk Wood

Under Milk Wood

Under Milk Wood: an opera, based on Dylan Thomas’ iconic radio play, is the seventh opera by composer John Metcalf.

from L to R : John Metcalf (composer), Keith Turnbull (stage director), Michael Douglas Jones (Captain Cat), and Wyn Davies (music director), working on Under Milk Wood at John’s house in September 2009

John Metcalf’s 2014 opera based on Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood.
(2 CDs)

Michael Douglas Jones (bass-baritone) – Captain Cat; Karina Lucas (mezzo) – Rosie Probert, Mrs Cherry Owen, Mrs Willy Nilly, Mrs Utah Watkins; Eamonn Mulhall (tenor) – Reverend Eli Jenkins, Mog Edwards; Richard Morris (baritone) – Mr Waldo, Mr Ogmore, Cherry Owen, Utah Watkins, Tom-Fred, Inspector of Cruelty; Elizabeth Donovan (soprano) – Polly Garter, Myfanwy Price, Mrs Butcher Beynon, Mrs Floyd; Helen-Jane Howells (soprano) – Gossamer Beynon, Lily Smalls, Mrs Pugh; Gweneth-Ann Jeffers (soprano) – Mrs Ogmore Pritchard, Mrs Organ Morgan, Bessie Bighead, Mae Rose-Cottage; Paul Carey Jones (baritone) – Sinbad Sailors, Dancing Williams, Mr Pritchard, Mr Pugh, Mr Floyd, Willy Nilly, Fisherman; Wyn Davies (light tenor) – Organ Morgan, music director; Parmela Attariwala (viola, violin, crwth); Deian Rowlands (harp, Lever harp); Jose Zalba Smith (flutes); Paul Stoneman (percussion)

Recorded at St German’s Church, Cardiff, 9-10 April 2014
Total duration: 109.43 [60.13 + 48.58]