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'Mae'r Gair yn Glir' / 'The Word Is Clear' (Gair ar Gnawd), Pwyll ap Sion

'Beth Yw Eich Nod Chi Yma?' / 'What Is Your Business Here?' (Gair ar Gnawd), Pwyll ap Sion

Sian Meinir

Mezzo-Soprano

Argraffu

Rheolwr Artist: Sioned Jones sioned.jones@harlequin-agency.co.uk

Gwefan: http://www.sianmeinir.com


Mae timbre contralto cyfoethog ac unigryw Sian Meinir yn addas iawn i rolau mezzo dramatig Verdi a Wagner ac ynghyd â’i phrofiad llwyfan helaeth, mae’n gartrefol yn  perfformio rhannau cymeriad a gweithiau cyfoes. Mae ei huchafbwyntiau perfformio’n cynnwys Enrichetta yn I Puritani gyda Carlo Rizzi yn arwain, Solo Voice yn Moses und Aron a Margaret yn Wozzeck, dan arweiniad Lothar Koenigs, i Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru.

Mae ei dawn gerddorol yn ei galluogi i fwynhau heriau gwaith newydd.

Mae gan y mezzo-soprano o Gymru Sian Meinir dros 20 mlynedd o brofiad yn perfformio gyda rhai o brif gwmnïau opera’r Deyrnas Unedig. Mae ansawdd ei llais contralto drawiadol yn rhoi repertoire eang iddi sy’n ymestyn o Verdi, Wagner, Janáček a Schoenberg i rolau cymeriad a gweithiau cyfoes.

Mae ei rhannau i Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru yn cynnwys Iseult of the White Hands Le Vin Herbé; Kate Pinkerton Madama Butterfly (fersiwn estynedig Julian Smith); Enrichetta I Puritani; Margaret Wozzeck; Solo Voice Moses und Aron; Annina La Traviata; Inez Il Trovatore; Giovanna Rigoletto; Rychtarka Jenufa; Awen Gair ar Gnawd (Premiere Byd), a ddarlledwyd ar S4C. Bu’n cysgodi nifer o rannau i’r Cwmni Opera Cenedlaethol; yn eu plith Mary Der Fliegende Hollander; Sick Woman Moses und Aron; Third Lady Magic Flute; Bird The Sacrifice; Grandmother Jenufa; Mamma Lucia Cavalleria Rusticana. Mae wedi perfformio golygfeydd Suzuki Madame Butterfly ar gyfer Creative y Cwmni yn Llundain a recordiodd Zena Katya Kabanova gyda’r Cwmni i Chandos.

Tra yn y Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, perfformiodd Bridesmaid Le Nozze di Figaro; Slave Salome; Noble Orphan Der Rosenkavalier and Solo Voice yn Premiere Byd o ballet Twyla Tharp, Mr Wordly Wise.

Mae gan Sian radd B.A gydag anrhydedd o Brifysgol Cymru, Bangor, a dilynodd hynny gyda Dip.RAM and LRAM o’r Royal Academy of Music, Llundain. Gwnaeth ei début gyda’r Opera Factory fel Baba the Turk yn The Rake’s Progress yn y Purcell Room, Southbank Centre a Teatro Municipal, Lisbon. Yr un flwyddyn canodd yn y Musical nel Chiostro Opera Festival, Batignano, Tuscany mewn cynhyrchiad o Candide Bernstein dan gyfarwyddyd Graham Vick.

Mae ei uchafbwyntiau fel unawdydd cyngerdd yn cynnwys Elijah mewn perfformiad gyda Sir Bryn Terfel dan arweiniad Richard Hickox, Wesendonck Lieder yng Nghanolfan Mileniwm Cymru gyda’r Cwmni Opera Cenedlaethol, Das Lied von der Erde a Ruckert Lieder yn Eglwys Gadeiriol Llandaff. Gwnaeth Sian ei début fel unawdydd yn y Royal Albert Hall yn nghyngerdd ‘The Best of Welsh’. Mae wedi rhoi datganiadau yn holl brif ddinasoedd De Affrig yn ogystal â pherfformiadau o’r Messiah ym Mharis a Guernsey, Stabat Mater Rossini yn Montbotbourg Abbey, Offeren yn B leiaf yn St. Martin’s in the Field a Gloria Vivaldi a Magnificat Bach yn Eglwys Gadeiriol Tyddewi.  Mae cyngherddau eraill yn cynnwys Frauenliebe und leben, Schumann a chylchoedd lieder Maria Stuart yn Eglwysi Cadeiriol Bangor a Southwark.

Y tymor diwethaf, perfformiodd Sian rhannau Dr. Heinkel/ Alfana/ Hen wraig y Bala yn y premiere byd o Wythnos yng Nghymru Fydd gan Gareth Glyn i Opra Cymru a dirprwyo Filipyevna yng nghynhyrchiad Scottish Opera o Eugene Onegin

Y tymor hwn bydd Sian yn perfformio Annina yn La Traviata gydag Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru.


Rydym yn diweddaru'n bywgraffiadau yn gyson, felly cysylltwch â ni am y fersiwn ddiweddaraf, os gwelwch yn dda.

Bach Magnificat in D Major BWV 243
Bach Mass in B minor BWV 232
Bach Christmas Oratorio BWV 248
Bach Mass in D Major BWV 236
Bach Saint John Passion BWV 245
Bach Saint John Passion BWV 245
Berlioz Les Nuits D’été Op. 7
Brahms Acht Zigeunerlieder Opus 103
Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52
Brahms Zwei Gesänge Op. 91
Britten A Charm of Lullabies Op. 41
Debussy Trois Chansons de Bilitis
Debussy Le Promenoir des deux Amants
Dvořák Requiem Op. 89
Dvořák Stabat Mater Op. 58
Elgar Banner of Saint George Op. 33
Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Op. 38
Elgar The Kingdom Op. 51
Elgar Sea Pictures Op. 37
Fauré L’Horizon Chimérique Op. 118
Handel Jephtha HWV 70
Handel Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63
Handel Messiah HWV 56
Handel Samson HWV 57
Handel Saul HWV 53
Haydn Theresienmesse
Haydn Nelson Mass
Holst Nelson Mass
Jenkins The Armed Man
Mahler Symphony No. 2
Mahler Das Lied Von der Erde
Mahler Kindertotenlieder
Mahler Rückert Lieder
Mathias A Vision of Time and Eternity Op. 61
Mathias Saint Teilo
Mendelssohn Elijah Op. 70
Mendelssohn Paulus Op. 36 (Saint Paul)
Mozart Mass in C minor K. 427
Mozart Requiem in D minor K. 626
Mozart Vesperae Solennes de Confessore K. 317
Poulenc Banalités FP. 107
Quilter Seven Elizabethan Lyrics Op. 12
Rossini Petite Messe Solonnelle
Rossini Stabat Mater
Saint-Saëns Oratorio de Noël Op. 12 (Christmas Oratorio)
Schubert Mass No. 5 in A flat Major D. 678
Schubert Mass in F Major D. 105
Schumann Frauenliebe und Leben Op. 42
Schumann Maria Stuarda Lieder Op. 135
V. Williams Gloria RV. 589
V. Williams The House of Life
Verdi Requiem
Vivaldi Gloria RV. 589
Wagner Wesendonk Lieder WWV 91
Bach
Magnificat in D Major BWV 243
Bach
Mass in B minor BWV 232
Bach
Christmas Oratorio BWV 248
Bach
Mass in D Major BWV 236
Bach
Saint John Passion BWV 245
Bach
Saint John Passion BWV 245
Berlioz
Les Nuits D’été Op. 7
Brahms
Acht Zigeunerlieder Opus 103
Brahms
Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52
Brahms
Zwei Gesänge Op. 91
Britten
A Charm of Lullabies Op. 41
Debussy
Trois Chansons de Bilitis
Debussy
Le Promenoir des deux Amants
Dvořák
Requiem Op. 89
Dvořák
Stabat Mater Op. 58
Elgar
Banner of Saint George Op. 33
Elgar
The Dream of Gerontius Op. 38
Elgar
The Kingdom Op. 51
Elgar
Sea Pictures Op. 37
Fauré
L’Horizon Chimérique Op. 118
Handel
Jephtha HWV 70
Handel
Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63
Handel
Messiah HWV 56
Handel
Samson HWV 57
Handel
Saul HWV 53
Haydn
Theresienmesse
Haydn
Nelson Mass
Holst
Nelson Mass
Jenkins
The Armed Man
Mahler
Symphony No. 2
Mahler
Das Lied Von der Erde
Mahler
Kindertotenlieder
Mahler
Rückert Lieder
Mathias
A Vision of Time and Eternity Op. 61
Mathias
Saint Teilo
Mendelssohn
Elijah Op. 70
Mendelssohn
Paulus Op. 36 (Saint Paul)
Mozart
Mass in C minor K. 427
Mozart
Requiem in D minor K. 626
Mozart
Vesperae Solennes de Confessore K. 317
Poulenc
Banalités FP. 107
Quilter
Seven Elizabethan Lyrics Op. 12
Rossini
Petite Messe Solonnelle
Rossini
Stabat Mater
Saint-Saëns
Oratorio de Noël Op. 12 (Christmas Oratorio)
Schubert
Mass No. 5 in A flat Major D. 678
Schubert
Mass in F Major D. 105
Schumann
Frauenliebe und Leben Op. 42
Schumann
Maria Stuarda Lieder Op. 135
V. Williams
Gloria RV. 589
V. Williams
The House of Life
Verdi
Requiem
Vivaldi
Gloria RV. 589
Wagner
Wesendonk Lieder WWV 91
Bellini I PuritaniEnrichetta
Berg WozzeckMargaret
Britten Peter GrimesAuntie; Mrs Sedley
Britten The Rape of LucretiaTitle Role
Gareth Glyn Wythnos yng Nghymru FyddDr. Heinkel/ Alfana/ Old Woman of Bala
Janáček JenůfaRychtarka; Grandmother Butyjorka (cover)
Janáček Kátya KabanováZena
Martin Le Vin HerbéIseult of the White Hands
Mascagni Cavalleria RusticanaMamma Lucia (cover)
Mozart Die ZauberflöteThird Lady
Puccini Madama ButterflyKate Pinkerton; Suzuki
Puccini Gianni SchicchiZita
Purcell Dido und AeneasSorceress
Pwyll ap Siôn Gair ar GnawdAwen
Schoenberg Moses und AronSolo Voice; Sick Woman (cover)
Strauss SalomeSlave; Page (cover)
Stravinsky The Rake’s ProgressBaba the Turk
Tchaikovsky Eugene OneginFilipyevna; Larina
Verdi RigolettoMaddalena; Giovanna
Verdi La TraviataAnnina
Verdi Il TrovatoreInez
Wagner Der Fliegende der HöllanderMary (cover)
Bellini
I Puritani
Enrichetta
Berg
Wozzeck
Margaret
Britten
Peter Grimes
Auntie; Mrs Sedley
Britten
The Rape of Lucretia
Title Role
Gareth Glyn
Wythnos yng Nghymru Fydd
Dr. Heinkel/ Alfana/ Old Woman of Bala
Janáček
Jenůfa
Rychtarka; Grandmother Butyjorka (cover)
Janáček
Kátya Kabanová
Zena
Martin
Le Vin Herbé
Iseult of the White Hands
Mascagni
Cavalleria Rusticana
Mamma Lucia (cover)
Mozart
Die Zauberflöte
Third Lady
Puccini
Madama Butterfly
Kate Pinkerton; Suzuki
Puccini
Gianni Schicchi
Zita
Purcell
Dido und Aeneas
Sorceress
Pwyll ap Siôn
Gair ar Gnawd
Awen
Schoenberg
Moses und Aron
Solo Voice; Sick Woman (cover)
Strauss
Salome
Slave; Page (cover)
Stravinsky
The Rake’s Progress
Baba the Turk
Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin
Filipyevna; Larina
Verdi
Rigoletto
Maddalena; Giovanna
Verdi
La Traviata
Annina
Verdi
Il Trovatore
Inez
Wagner
Der Fliegende der Höllander
Mary (cover)

Opera

Le Vin Herbé

Iseult of the White Hands in Le Vin Herbé for Welsh National Opera, February 2017
The Daily Telegraph
Best of the smaller roles was Sian Meinir as the jealous Iseult of the White Hands.

Le Vin Herbé

Iseult of the White Hands in Le Vin Herbé for Welsh National Opera, February 2017
Bachtrack
Sian Meinir made an impact as the scheming Iseult of the White Hands.

Madama Butterfly

Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly for Welsh National Opera, June 2017
Bachtrack
the most striking performance of the evening came from Sian Meinir as a wholly unsympathetic and patently insincere Kate Pinkerton.

Madama Butterfly

Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly for Welsh National Opera, June 2017
Wales Arts Review
not least in establishing the character of Kate Pinkerton, who in Sian Meinir’s portrayal especially was a woman on a mission with a bungling spouse.

Gair ar Gnawd

Awen in Gair ar Gnawd with Welsh National Opera, April 2015
Wales Arts Review
Sian Meinir is wonderfully extravagant as the self-confident Awen.

La Traviata

Annina in La Traviata for Welsh National Opera, April 2014
WhatsOnStage
Sian Meinir (also an excellent Kate Pinkerton for the company, another unobtrusive but crucial role) communicated all of Annina's weariness and frustration with the callow Alfredo.

La Traviata

Annina in La Traviata for Welsh National Opera, April 2014
Commsol
Sian Meinir as Violetta’s maid Annina brings warmth and vibrancy to her role, and is especially moving as we move towards the tragic ending

La Traviata

Annina in La Traviata for Welsh National Opera, April 2014
Seen and Heard International
Sian Meinir was a moving Annina…a portrayel touching in its openess and loyalty.

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