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A host of singing stars and artists will unite at Llanelli's Ffwrnes Theatre on Saturday, November 22, to celebrate the début album of BBC Cardiff Singer of the World finalist, baritone Gary Griffiths. The night titled “Début”, will be introduced by BBC Radio Wales’ popular Beverley Humphreys, Welsh opera star Gary Griffiths will be joined by English National Opera soprano Kate Valentine, pianist Caradog Williams, the acclaimed Hywel Girls’Choir & Hywel Boy Singers (Director of Music John Hywel Williams MBE, pianist Jean Hywel) and the mighty Pontarddulais Male Choir (Musical Director Clive Phillips, pianist David Last). Audiences can look forward to a beautiful journey of song spanning opera, classics, sacred, musical theatre and the world of cinema. Highlights will include Bizet’s Toreador, Mozart magic from the Marriage of Figaro, Easter Hymn, O Mia Babbino Caro, Hallelujah Chorus, O Holy Night, Panis Angelicus, Pie Jesu, a special arrangement of Myfanwy, Les Miserables, ...

Opera Star Gary Griffiths will be performing at a special concert at Llandybie Memorial Hall on Saturday (March 22). The exciting baritone from Burry Port has found time in a busy international schedule for a charity concert in aid of Fight for Sight. Gary will be singing alongside Côr Merched Tybie and Côr Meibion Dyffryn Aman. The concert is being organised by Cerith Owens of Llaneli-based Loud Applause Productions, who said: "This represents a great opportunity to hear Gary Griffiths in concert as he is in great demand internationally and his jet-setting all around the world as hi career takes flight. "Gary will be making his Llandybie appearance after completing a spell in The Marriage of Figaro in New Zealand." Gary was the winner of the Welsh Singers competition in 2012 and represented Wales in the 2013 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition. The Tybie ladies choir, Côr Merched Tybie, will be under the baton of Desna Pemberton. The choir has...