Robert Hamilton, Northern Soul’s Opera Correspondent, enjoys an outstanding Opera North Autumn season featuring Der Rosenkavalier, Billy Budd, Il tabarro and Suor Angelica at The Lowry in Salford. Opera North’s...
Read MoreSummer is usually a quiet time here at the OperaWatch offices. We stare out of the window on the 43rd floor of Northern Soul Towers waiting for Autumn and the new opera season. On the few clear days in what has been a typical...
Read MoreWhen Theresa May signed Article 50 and triggered the start of Brexit, I was reminded of the statement by Richard Mantle, general director of Opera North, on the eve of the referendum in which he spoke of the “enormous...
Read MoreWith Spring around the corner, that can only mean one thing. Och, it can mean many things to millions of people, but here at Northern Soul Towers it signals OperaWatch’s favourite time of year. Fresh from...
Read MoreAs 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...
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