As I look out of the window of the OperaWatch offices, housed on the 43rd floor of Northern Soul Towers, I can see snow-covered lands as far as the Lakes. Winter has finally arrived and with it an exiting new opera season. There...
Read MoreIt’s been quite an opera season in the old Northern Powerhouse. We’ve seen a troika of triumphs from Opera North followed by a new streaming venture at Manchester’s HOME and a great production of Kurt Weill, not to mention...
Read MoreKiss Me, Kate opens with Another Op’nin’, Another Show, a hymn to hoofers and thespians everywhere. After nearly a week at The Lowry witnessing the Autumn season of Opera North productions, Cole Porter could include critics....
Read MoreAs mists gather, fruit mellows and the clocks go back, Autumn is with us. Along with seasonal affective disorder, dank mornings and dreichit days, it’s a season associated with depression when all the leaves are brown and...
Read MoreEvery week at the OperaWatch offices in Northern Soul Towers, our bulging post bag is full of letters asking the same question: why is opera so complex?. Every week I reply, ‘it’s very simple – boy meets girl, girl...
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