Author: Robert Hamilton
Opera Review: The Marriage of Figaro and The Turn of the Screw, Opera North, The Lowry
For OperaWatch, it’s a welcome return to The Lowry for Opera North’s 2020 spring season.
Food Review: Wahaca, Corn Exchange, Manchester
Manchester has never been well served by Mexican food.
Hamiltonic: The Gin Society, Manchester Cathedral
I was meant to attend The Gin Society do at Rochdale Town Hall but Storm Dennis put paid to that.
Preview: OperaWatch, Winter 2020
On the eve of the EU referendum in 2016, Richard Mantle, the general director of Opera North, warned of the detrimental effect a no vote would have on the “enormous talent pool which is Europe”.
Food Review: Canto, Ancoats, Manchester
It was a disgustingly wet Friday 13th and the day after the General Election when I found Helen Nugent, Editor of Northern Soul, at the bar of Canto.
Opera Review: Dialogues des Carmelites, RNCM, Manchester
As tradition would have it, here at the OperaWatch office our Christmas celebrations start when the tickets for the Royal Northern College of Music’s December production arrive.
Opera Review: Bluebeard’s Castle by Béla Bartók and Sinfonetta by Leoš Janáček, Opera North, Huddersfield Town Hall
The first thing that greets you as you leave Huddersfield Train Station is the tall statue of the short Harold Wilson, well 5’ 8” according to Google.
Festive Food Review: Comptoir Libanais, Spinningfields, Manchester
Comptoir Libanais nestles comfortably among Spanish and Thai fare in The Avenue, the fast-growing eating and drinking destination in Manchester’s Spinningfields.
Review: The Greek Passion by Bohuslav Martinü, Opera North, The Lowry, Salford
Saturday night was going to be big.
Food Review: Bill’s Restaurant, Spinningfields, Manchester
Bill Collison says that his new restaurant is his 79th although he is keen to stress that it’s not a chain. “Each one is different, each one has its own soul.”
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