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Opera Review: The Marriage of Figaro, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
I’m always amazed by the success of the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM).
Read the full story..Opera Review: Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi, Opera North, The Lowry, Salford
We are living in strange times. For the first time in more than 40 years of opera-going, I was about to hear a national anthem.
Read the full story..Opera Review: The Wind, Erland Cooper and the Chorus of Opera North, RNCM, Manchester
Eschewing my usual Friday night supping gin with pals at Manchester’s HOME, I strolled down Oxford Road to the Royal Northern College of Music for an evening of culture and wine.
Read the full story..Opera Review: Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss / The Medium by Gian Carlo Menotti, Royal Northern College of Music
It was a lovely sunny Sunday afternoon as The Blonde and I walked down Oxford Road towards the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) to attend its reopening to the public.
Read the full story..Opera Review: The Prodigal Son by Claude Debussy, Opera on Location, Kelham Island Museum, Sheffield
As regular readers of this column will know, it has been a quiet year or so here at the OperaWatch offices, which are situated deep inside Northern Soul Towers.
Read the full story..Online Opera Review: Fidelio by Beethoven, Opera North
This week sees a landmark in my long walk on this weird and mostly wonderful world, although weird has the upper hand at the moment.
Read the full story..Online Opera Review: Nineteen Ways of Looking, Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art and Chinese Arts Now
As we hurtle towards 2021, I realise that it’s been eight months since I last saw a live opera and who knows when I will see one again.
Read the full story..OperaWatch: Lockdown Edition
It’s been a quiet old time here at OperaWatch HQ. The furniture is dust-covered, the trainee opera critics have all been furloughed and I sit here like Miss Havisham dripping in cobwebs and waiting for news, any news.
Read the full story..Review: The Greek Passion by Bohuslav Martinü, Opera North, The Lowry, Salford
Saturday night was going to be big.
Read the full story..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.
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