NEWSFLASH!
Rimrock opera company in America will perform Joseph Parry’s Blodwen (the first Welsh opera) – in Welsh! – in the Spring of 2019. Details to follow.
PRESS CUTTINGS (Chronological) & ARCHIVE PHOTOS
Joseph Parry
Pencerdd America
Dr. Joseph Parry (1841-1903), Welsh-American musician
2017: Danville, Pennsylvania Heritage Festival
< Danville Press Enterprise, May 20, 2005
BELOW: Western Mail (one of the major newspapers of Wales) article, July 23, 2002
Local paper advertisement for Joseph Parry's Danville "Musical Institute" (1872-74)
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1872 local paper advertisements for Joseph Parry's brother-in-law (Gomer Thomas)'s 'National Music Store' on Mill Street
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During the 1870s, Gomer Thomas's 'National Music Store' was located across Mill Street, opposite the Post Office - two images shown. The large building on the left (middle photo), across East Mahoning Street, is the old Danville Opera House - later demolished and replaced with Danville's current Post Office. (Photos courtesy of Montour County Historical Society, Danville, PA)
Y Drych (Welsh Language American Newspaper) June 6, 1978; review of the first performance of Parry's opera, Blodwen (the first Welsh opera). For a similar review in English see Blodwen: The First Welsh Opera
