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Opera Reviews: Four shows, seven bodies
It’s been quite an opera season in the old Northern Powerhouse.
Read the full story..Review: The Barber of Seville, Jenůfa, Kiss Me, Kate, Salford
Kiss Me, Kate opens with Another Op’nin’, Another Show, a hymn to hoofers and thespians everywhere.
Read the full story..OperaWatch: What’s on in Autumn
As mists gather, fruit mellows and the clocks go back, Autumn is with us.
Read the full story..Book Review: Opera North by Kara McKechnie
As you may or may not have noticed, it’s been a bit of a quiet summer on the old opera front.
Read the full story..Review: Manchester Film Festival 2015
There have been a few goes at this in past years. All have floundered on the jagged coastline of disinterest, underfunding, crap location, terrible films or bad timing.
Read the full story..Review: Gaucho, Manchester
It’s been quite some time since I last sat down with the Editor of Northern Soul to break bread and chew the fat.
Read the full story..Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Benjamin Britten at RNCM
It was a wet and windy afternoon as I ventured forth to see the Royal Northern College of Music’s production of Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Read the full story..Opera North, Mozart and a dime store Elvis
With a spring in my step, I set out for the opera and a spot of entente cordiale.
Read the full story..Madama Opera: Ellen Kent talks to Northern Soul
March is turning out to be a glorious abundance for opera-goers in Manchester.
Read the full story..What’s on in Spring – Operawatch
In the manner of TV’s Springwatch I have decided to call my occasional opera preview Operawatch.
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