Choose one song from Section A and a song choice from Section B
SECTION A
Opera: 'O mio Fernando' (O fy Ffernando) from the opera La Favorita, Donizetti, Arias for Mezzo-Soprano [Schirmer 50481098]. Welsh words by T Ifor Rees (gol. John Stoddart)
Opera: 'Cruda Sorte' (Creulon Dynged) from the opera L'Italiana in Algeri, Rossini, Arias for Mezzo-Soprano [Schirmer 50481098]. Welsh words by Dyfnallt Morgan (gol. John Stoddart)
Opera: 'I Know a Bank Where the Wild Thyme Blows' (Fe wn pa le) from the opera A Midsummer Night's Dream, Britten. Benjamin Britten: Opera Arias [Boosey & Hawkes 1268932]. Welsh words by Sian Meinir
Oratorio/Mass: 'Liber Scriptus' (Gwelir llyfr ysgrifenedig) from the mass Messe de Requiem, Verdi, The Alto/Mezzo-Soprano Oratorio Anthology [Hal Leonard 00747059]. Welsh words by TH Parry-Williams
Oratorio/Mass: 'Some dire event / Scenes of horror, scenes of woe' (Rhyw erchyll ffawd / Lluniau arswyd, lluniau braw) from the mass Jephtha, Handel. IMSLP [Novello]. Welsh words by Dafydd Wyn Jones (gol. Alun Guy).
Lieder: a choice of Ivor Gurney's work: 'Sleep’ (Cwsg), Five Elizabethan Songs [Boosey & Hawkes], ‘Under the Greenwood Tree’ (Dan ddail y goeden ir), Five Elizabethan Songs [Boosey & Hawkes], ‘I will go with my father a-ploughing’ (Af i gyda 'nhad i aredig), single copy [Boosey & Hawkes], ‘Down by the Salley gardens’ (Draw, draw yng ngerddi’r helyg), single copy [ivorgurney.co.uk]. Welsh words by Emyr Davies and Beryl Steeden Jones
SECTION B
Welsh Song: either
'Min y Môr', Osborne Roberts, single copy [Snell a'i Feibion] or
'O Fab y Dyn', Meirion Williams, single copy [Ricordi] available to order online www.music-exchange.co.uk
Prizes:
- £150 (Marian Thomas)
- £120 (Teulu Troed-y-Meini, Mynachlogddu)
- £90 (Aelodau Capel Annibynwyr Nebo Efailwen)
Digital copies of the opera, oratorio and contemporary opera pieces available at IMSLP (www.imslp.org)
Contact cystadlu@eisteddfod.cymru for Welsh translations
Closing date: 1 May 2026 at 12 noon