Topic: Opera North
Was Handel meant for regional opera companies? Certainly not. Most of his stage works were written for the most virtuosic - and, therefore, most...
Prior to her work with the opera company, she did volunteer work with the Tibetan government-in-exile in northern India, helping it set up accounting systems and establish internal controls. Around the UK ICAEW Women of substance The West Yorkshire Society may not ...
As Gershwin shows go, Of Thee I Sing won't contain many of your favourite tunes. It follows John Wintergreen, who runs for the Presidency under the banner of Love. He wins America over by proposing to his fianc?e in 51 ...
There's nothing as winning as silliness, and Opera North's production of Skin Deep is delightfully silly, so refreshing that you readily forgive its flaws.. Its big sell is the libretto by Armando Ianucci, the genius writer and producer of about ...
Skin Deep Opera North Verdi's Requiem Barbican It takes a brave person, or more likely couple, to attempt an operetta which effectively satirises contemporary fads, and the more obvious the target the more difficult to pull off the satire with the ...
In a wise editorial in the January number of Opera magazine, John Allison urges opera-lovers to remember that 'opera is only part of a much bigger musical literature. If one goes to operatic performances as frequently as a fairly conscientious and curious ...
Rigoletto Opera North Simon Boccanegra; Merry Widow Opera UK Opera North's home at the Grand Theatre Leeds now boasts a resplendent auditorium, with lacquered walls and raked stalls, so that I have now finally seen the stage; and above all greatly ...
Nicholas John blazed a trail which I have followed happily ever since, working in close collaboration with the director, designer and conductor of an opera to produce programmes that reflect and augment the performance on stage. 'The Countess of Narbonne had committed ...
OperaOrchestral masteryDuke Bluebeard's CastleOpera North, BirminghamArabellaGarsingtonWhile the Grand Theatre in Leeds is being refurbished, Opera North is doing concert performances of operas, though in the case of Bartok's Duke Bluebeard's Castle the semi-staging amounts to quite as much action ...
Hansel and Gretel Opera North The Bartered Bride Royal Opera House Humperdinck's minor masterpiece Hansel and Gretel is one of those operas that disappears for a time and then comes in waves. The title roles are excellently taken by Julianne Young ...
