Opera Telling the Story of a Historic RAF Base Arson Attack in North Wales
The production revisits the Welsh nationalist protest and imprisonment that followed the 1936 arson, with a cast of prominent Welsh singers.
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Welsh nationalist protest inspires new opera 90 years on
A new Welsh-language opera telling the story of three Welsh nationalists who set fire to an RAF base in protest is set to tour Wales, 90 years after the historic events. On 8 September 1936 three prominent Plaid Cymru members, Saunders Lewis, Lewis Valentine and DJ Williams, set fire to several buildings at RAF Penrhos […] The post Welsh nationalist protest inspires new opera 90 years on appeared first on Nation.Cymru.
A new opera which marks 90 years since the attack on the Air Force base in north Wales by three Welsh nationalists is going on tour. On 8 September 1936 three prominent members of Plaid Cymru, Saunders Lewis, Lewis Valentine and DJ Williams, set fire to a number of RAF buildings in Penrhos near Pwllheli.
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