“Better suited to Sodom and Gomorrah than to Wales”
Cancelled and reviled in the media, Edward Prosser Rhys’s 1924 crown-winning poem, ATGOF, faced a storm of abuse for depictions of lust and a same-sex romance. Bwystfilod Aflan explores these events through a contemporary lens, with an operatic monologue by Conor Mitchell, creator of ‘Abomination: A DUP Opera’, performed by tenor Elgan Llŷr Thomas; and a personal reflection on the original poem with both created in collaboration with and directed by Jac Ifan Moore.
This National Eisteddfod commission with Music Theatre Wales and Aberystwyth University Music Centre, performed with Sinfonia Cymru, challenges societal norms through opera, dance, and film, spotlighting the clash between tradition and the need for change.