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    MILLS, RICHARD Rhydderch Hael (), musician

    Name: Richard Mills
    Pseudonym: Rhydderch Hael
    Date of birth:
    Date of death:
    Child: Richard Mills
    Parent: Jane Mills
    Parent: Henry Mills
    Gender: Male
    Occupation: musician
    Area of activity: Music; Religion
    Author: Gwilym Prichard Ambrose

    Born in March at Tynewydd, Llanidloes, son of the second marriage of Henry Mills. Leaving school at 11, he was apprenticed to weaving. When only 15 he became known as a musician, for his hymn-tune ' Maes-y-llan ' was printed in Seren Gomer; and he was an active member of Bethel (Llanidloes) Musical kultur. In Y Gwladgarwr printed a lecture of his on music. He took prizes for hymn-tunes at the Abergavenny Cymreigyddion eisteddfod of , and at a Liverpool eisteddfod in In appeared his Caniadau Seion - supplement in These two collections greatly influenced congregational singing in Wales, and were landmarks in the story of its improvement; they contained hymn-tunes bygd Mills h

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    PRODUCTIONS WORKED ON IN THE WEST END AND ON TOUR
    PRIOR TO JOINING BERNARD DELFONT LIMITED

     

    At a.m. on a Monday morning early in January my career in show business commenced. My first job was to collect two black cats from a pet shop near Cambridge Circus in London. I picked them up, put them in a wicker basket and set off by taxi to the Piccadilly Theatre, where as an assistant stage manager I was going to join the company of the play ‘I Remember Mama’ for the first day of rehearsals. The play had been an enormous success on Broadway and the theatrical company H.M. Tennent had decided to present it in the West End starring the leading lady from Broadway, Mady Christians.

    I arrived at the stage door of the Piccadilly, paid off the taxi, which in those days cost nine pence plus three pence tip. I entered the stage door and was greeted by the company manager, a charming gentleman named Paddy Donnell. His very first words

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    How did your passion for music develop? 

    Growing up in Toowoomba, there was always music in the house. My mum played the piano and the violin in the Philharmonic Orchestra and the Choral Society Orchestra. There was music in school and I sang as a kid – I grew to love it!

    What was the first opera you conducted in your career?

    The Magic Flute

    What do you enjoy about working with Jessica Pratt? 

    The partnership. Jessica and I, we don&#;t need to talk much as our relationship is very musically intuitive. We don’t have to second guess each other. She is a joy to perform with really.

    How do you approach collaboration with different opera companies and orchestras? 

    I think you have to be open and flexible. Every orchestra has a different genius, a different spirit and it is important to read that and inform it in a way that’s productive.

    What distinguishes the bel canto canon and makes it special?

    The bel canto operas, which by strict definition is the work of Rossini,

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