Opera Gold their full vocal demands. This philosophy has enabled many singers to go on to work for Opera Houses abroad without too much difficulty. The company has also staged productions of John Blow's "Venus and Adonis" (2004); Henry Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas" (2005); Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte" (2006); Bizet's "Carmen" (2007); Britten's "Peter Grimes" (2008); Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" (2009); Verdi's "Rigoletto" (2010); Puccini's "La Bohème" (2011); Verdi's "La Traviata" (2012); Britten's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (2013) and a reprise of Mozart's" Die Zauberflöte" (2014). The 2015 production will be Johann Strauss II's "Die Fledermaus" with a guest conductor. Distinguished singers
W. F. Grimes in 1959, and he became the third husband of Audrey Williams. She bestowed on him the nickname Peter. They retired to her home in Brynmill in Swansea in 1973. After Audrey died in 1978, he was remarried to Mrs Molly Waverley Sholto Douglas in 1980. He suffered from Parkinson's disease in later life, and died at home in Swansea. He was cremated, and his ashes were scattered at Pwlldu Bay on the Gower Peninsula, where the ashes of his second wife Audrey had also been scattered. W. F. Grimes William Francis Grimes (known as Peter; 31 October 1905 – 25