Dinner & Show: A Night at the Opera

Wednesday 1st July 7 pm | Heathcock Pub | £65

Spend a special evening at The Heathcock, one of Cardiff’s most celebrated dining destinations and proud holder of a Michelin Bib Gourmand 2025. Renowned for its warm, relaxed atmosphere and exceptional Welsh seasonal cooking, The Heathcock offers the finest local produce from Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, with everything made from scratch in its kitchen, from fresh pasta to sourdough bread.

Begin the evening with a glass of fizz on arrival, followed by a superb three-course dinner showcasing the best of regional ingredients, before enjoying an intimate programme of exquisite opera serenades performed by Rhodri Jones and Jessica Robinson.

A perfect marriage of Welsh hospitality, exceptional cuisine, and operatic elegance.

In 2023, Royal Welsh College of Music opera school graduate, Jessica Robinson became the first Welsh finalist of BBC Cardiff Singer of the World in 20 years.

As well as her operatic performances with WNO and Longborough Festival Opera among others, she is a regular soloist in oratorio and concert performances around the UK and has performed around the world. She also works with the Forget-me-Not chorus, supporting people with dementia.

From Llanfyllin, Mid Wales, Rhodri is a graduate of The University of Wales Trinity St David and The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he graduated with a First Class Masters degree.  ​He continues his studies with Adrian Thompson at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, where he is in his second year of the Opera Performance course.  ​Rhodri is the current recipient of the Janet Price Opera Prize, The Glynne Jones Scholarship, The Busenhart Morgan-Evans Worshipful Company Award and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama’s prestigious Ian Stoutzker Prize.  ​He is also supported by the Help Musicians Sybil Tutton Award and The Dame Shirley Bassey Award.