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The Physicians of Myddfai (Welsh: Meddygon Myddfai) were, according to local folklore, a succession of physicians who lived in the parish of Myddfai in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The folklore places their first appearance in the 13th century, when Rhiwallon the Physician and his three sons were doctors to Rhys Gryg , prince of Deheubarth .
He also translated Meddygon Myddfai, the Physicians of Myddfai, published by the Welsh MSS. Society in 1864. Four of Buddug's brothers were physicians, three of whom - John Eliot Howard (died 1880), Rheinallt Navalaw, Taliesin William Owen (died 1893) - practised at Liverpool , and David Roberts (died 1885), who lived in Montgomeryshire.
The Doctor of Myddfai is an opera in two acts composed by Peter Maxwell Davies to a libretto by David Pountney. The work premiered at the New Theatre in Cardiff on 5 June 1996, performed by the Welsh National Opera and conducted by Richard Armstrong. The libretto was adapted from an ancient Welsh legend related to the Lady of the Lake legend ...
St Michael's Church, Myddfai is a grade I listed building. [4]Myddfai Community Hall and Visitor Centre [5] is one of the main attractions in Myddfai with a gift shop offering plenty of art and crafts by local artists and contributors, a café serving hot drinks and homemade cakes and a large hall and meeting room offering facilities for weddings, events and local community events.
Howell took part in the premieres of two of Peter Maxwell Davies's works, Taverner and The Doctor of Myddfai. He can be heard in studio recordings, as Jero in L'assedio di Corinto , Count Walter in Luisa Miller , and as Capulet in a live recording of I Capuleti e i Montecchi , opposite Agnes Baltsa and Edita Gruberova , under Riccardo Muti , at ...
Sir David Willoughby Pountney CBE (born 10 September 1947) is a British-Polish [1] [2] theatre and opera director and librettist internationally known for his productions of rarely performed operas and new productions of classic works.
The Doctor of Myddfai (Paul Whelan, Lisa Tyrrell, Gynne Howell et al.; Welsh National Opera Orchestra and Chorus; Richard Armstrong, conductor) Recorded live, 5 ...
He has returned regularly to WNO as a guest conductor, notably for the world première of Peter Maxwell Davies’s The Doctor of Myddfai, and for Peter Stein’s 1988 production of Falstaff, which he also conducted in New York, Milan, Paris and Tokyo. [2] He was Music Director of Scottish Opera from 1993 to 2005.