Joséphine Korda, Opera North’s trainee conductor, talks to Northern Soul
Call it happenstance, call it serendipity, call it karma, but in the week I’m pencilled in to...
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Tag: Robert Hamilton
‘murderous intrigue and religious intonations’ Tosca, Opera North, The Lowry, Salford
As I sat down to enjoy the evening performance of Tosca at The Lowry in Salford, the couple in...
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Sunday Roast and Jazz at The Refuge, Manchester
I know the routine well. Me: “Hi, I’m Helen Nugent.” Maître d’: “You don’t look...
Read MoreBook 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. Your Opera Correspondent has had to fill his time going to movies, drinking gin and watching reruns of MacGyver (I just had to see...
Read MoreReview: 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. So it was with interest that I went along to the press...
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