Operawatch
Opera Correspondent Robert Hamilton maintains a steady watch over operatic events in the North of England.
Zoe Trope: A Workshop Performance
Like Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes, Zoe Trope begins in court.
The Girl of the Golden West
A few years ago, when I still had a fist full of dollars, I visited a small mining town between Santa Fe and Albuquerque called Madrid. It was a one-horse town with a single road running through it.
Swooning on a Sunday Afternoon
Sunday is normally a day of rest. For many it is a rest from the extravagances of the previous night
Walking the plank with Peter Grimes
On a bleak and blustery autumnal evening, I set out from my home port of the Cornerhouse bar to venture westward to Salford to see the imagined Suffolk fishing village of Aldeburgh and the tragic tale of fisherman Peter Grimes.
Rom-Com Opera in Salford
As I sipped my pre-performance glass of bubbly I couldn’t help but notice the attire of the other drinkers. Fleeces, hoodies, trainers and t-shirts with popular slogans abounded everywhere. I remarked to my guest, somewhat haughtily, that theatrical standards of dress had fallen.
Venturing towards Valhalla
Act 1
On the warmest day of the year so far, I sat on the rooftop patio of the Manchester International Festival pavilion bar fuelling myself with fish and chips and swilling down with a pint of festival ale in preparation for the heroic task ahead of me. I had volunteered to review Wagner’s Siegfried.
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