Author: Robert Hamilton
Opera Review: Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss / The Medium by Gian Carlo Menotti, Royal Northern College of Music
It was a lovely sunny Sunday afternoon as The Blonde and I walked down Oxford Road towards the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) to attend its reopening to the public.
Review: Polish Wine Tasting, The Spärrows, Manchester
Everyone I mentioned this event to reacted with the same quizzical raised eyebrow. “Polish wines?” “Yes,” I said. “Polish wines”.
Food Review: 10 Tib Lane, Manchester
There is a great moment in The Wizard of Oz when, as it starts to snow, the Cowardly Lion remarks: “Unusual weather we’re having, ain’t it?”
Review: Sipsmith Tasting, Mecanica, Manchester
It’s been a while since I posted as Hamiltonic. I kind of went into retirement over lockdown and confined myself to drinking only Aldi gin.
Festive Menu Review: Piccolino, Manchester
Christmas seems to start earlier every year, or so they say.
Opera Review: Carmen, Opera North, The Lowry, Salford
It’s been so long that I had to check my notes for when I last went to a live opera.
Food Review: One Star Döner Bar, Escape to Freight Island, Manchester
Sometimes I think that I live in a parallel universe to the food critic Jay Rayner.
Opera Review: The Prodigal Son by Claude Debussy, Opera on Location, Kelham Island Museum, Sheffield
As regular readers of this column will know, it has been a quiet year or so here at the OperaWatch offices, which are situated deep inside Northern Soul Towers.
Hotel Review: Qbic Hotel and Motley’s Restaurant, Deansgate, Manchester
It’s the first week of relaxed lockdown restrictions, according to Boris Johnson’s roadmap to freedom, and, despite the odd speed bump in Bolton and Blackburn, we’re allowed to eat indoors (with certain restrictions) and even stay in a hotel.
Online Opera Review: Fidelio by Beethoven, Opera North
This week sees a landmark in my long walk on this weird and mostly wonderful world, although weird has the upper hand at the moment.
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