Opera Remembering Gresford Colliery Disaster Shortlisted for Prestigious Ivor Novello Award
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Opera remembering Gresford Colliery disaster shortlisted for prestigious Ivor Novello Award
An opera marking the 90th anniversary of Gresford Colliery disaster has been shortlisted for one of the most prestigious prizes in British music – an Ivor Novello award. The moving one-act work, Gresford – Up from Underground, tells the story of the 1934 mining tragedy that claimed 266 lives and left an indelible mark on the Wrexham community. Created by Wrexham-born composer, Jonathan Guy, and Grahame Davies, a librettist raised in nearby Coedp…
An opera marking the 90th anniversary of the Gresford Colliery disaster has been shortlisted for one of the most prestigious awards in British music - the Ivor Novello award. The one act work, Gresffordd - I'r Goleuni Nawr, tells the story of the coal mine disaster in 1934 which killed 266 miners and left its mark on the community of Wrexham.
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