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A Slave’s Labours: Oliver Knight talks slaving away in Giulio Cesare
Oliver KnightShould you find yourself with your nose to the grindstone, your shoulder to the wheel, putting your best foot forward with your head duly bowed. Then you are either playing the harshest g… more →
Opera North
Opera is Child's Play
wrote 1 month ago: After watching Blue Peter’s mop-headed Barney muck around with shadow puppets whilst explaining to h … more →
DARE: Opera North & University of Leeds commission work from Reel Film
wrote 1 month ago: Reel Film launched on Friday and we are incredibly happy to announce that DARE, the innovative partn … more →
The Firework-Maker's Daughter
wrote 1 month ago: Though I love plays, musical theatre and ballet, I’ve always had a bit of a blind spot when it comes … more →
A long queue in Dusseldorf for the opera in Nottingham - La clemenza di Tito
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wrote 1 month ago: I’m repeatedly surprised by wonderful, sometimes life-changing, experiences rising up out of d … more →
Opera in the Garden with Opera North
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wrote 1 month ago: The weekend chosen for the International Fellowship of Flying Rotarians gathering at Tutukaka, North … more →
An Inclement Clemenza
wrote 2 months ago: Review – La Clemenza di Tito (Opera North at The Lowry, Thursday 14 March 2013) Tito - Paul Nilon V … more →
A Flood is Coming...
wrote 2 months ago: Overworlds and Underworlds by the Quay Brothers 18th – 20th May 2012, The Dark Arches, Leeds What’s … more →
Austerity Tito
wrote 2 months ago: I’d love to know how Mozart viewed Clemenza di Tito. Was this a “duty” piece that … more →
Two tragic stories of love and rejection (not for the faint-hearted)
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wrote 2 months ago: Last weekend I was at the beautiful Grand Theatre in Leeds, watching two very different love stories … more →
Northern triple / Otello + La Voix Humaine + Dido and Aeneas / Opera North / Leeds Grand Theatre - 16 + 17 February 2013
wrote 2 months ago: This was my second long weekend away to attend some performances by Opera North. This time the overa … more →
One Touch of Venus
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wrote 3 months ago: The last time I saw this show, it had the resources of Opera North – probably enough to run th … more →
A visit to Opera North
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wrote 3 months ago: Last week, I was given the opportunity to visit the opera by The Culture Vulture and Opera North. I … more →
Opera North's Otello at Leeds Grand Theatre
wrote 3 months ago: Ronald Samm as Otello and David Kempster as Iago. Photo by Clive Barda Well, lately I’ve been a pret … more →
Opera North's Otello at Leeds Grand Theatre
wrote 3 months ago: Ronald Samm as Otello and David Kempster as Iago. Photo by Clive Barda Well, lately I’ve been a pret … more →
Verdi's Otello Comes To The Grand
wrote 3 months ago: Before watching Verdi’s Otello at The Grand last week, I had never been to watch a live opera … more →
RNCM Opera Gala
wrote 3 months ago: RNCM Opera Gala RNCM Theatre, 22 January 2013 It is the Opera Olympics, no less. The evening promise … more →
Verdi: Otello - Horror in Tragedy
wrote 4 months ago: For my third instalment on the great composer Giuseppe Verdi, I’m jumping forward to his last … more →
Otello Blogger Event At The Grand
wrote 4 months ago: The Grand Theatre, 46 New Briggate Leeds, West Yorkshire LS1 6NZ From the 16th January to the 16th … more →
La Voix Humaine
wrote 4 months ago: Francis Poulenc (1959) New production Lesley Garrett makes her return to the operatic stage in a wor … more →
