Articles relating to: Opera North
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.
Review: The Greek Passion by Bohuslav Martinü, Opera North, The Lowry, Salford
Saturday night was going to be big.
Preview: OperaWatch, Autumn 2019
As the month of November approaches, we are well and truly into Autumn which can mean only one thing: the return of a new opera season.
Review: Aida, Opera North, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Of all the iconic Italian operas, I had yet to see Verdi’s Aida.
Opera Review: The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky; Gianni Schacci by Giacomo Puccini, Opera North, The Lowry
It’s the end of a fantastic spring season by Opera North at Salford’s Lowry.
Opera Review: Katya Kabanov by Leoš Janáček, Opera North, The Lowry
About a third way of the way through Opera North’s Spring season we moved away from the 18th Century absurdism of late Mozart to the early days of the 20th Century, and three works made in the shadow of the First World War.
Opera Review: The Magic Flute, Opera North, The Lowry
The excitement in the office at OperaWatch was palpable.
Review: Tosca, Opera North, The Lowry
It’s been a quiet couple of months here in the OperaWatch office at Northern Soul Towers.
Review: Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill, Opera North, City Varieties, Leeds
Off to Leeds again for a night of musical entertainment courtesy of Opera North, West Yorkshire Playhouse and the City Varieties Music Hall, carried across the moors in a timely manner by TransPennine Express.
Review: Kiss Me Kate, Opera North, Leeds Grand Theatre
This is a revival of Opera North’s magnificent production of Cole Porter’s Shakespearian parody Kiss me, Kate, staged by the company in 2015.
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