I’ve often wondered what factors go into the decision of programming classical music concerts. Apart from the logistical decisions, on…
Mozart’s classic four-act comic opera, an adaptation with Da Ponte of Beaumarchais’ banned 1778 play about warring masters and servants,…
The genesis of the 'Manhattan' project, to develop a nuclear bomb ahead of Nazi Germany at the end of World…
Wow! For the awesome stage set and evocative costumes (such creativity from Lez Brotherton). Wow! For the hauntingly beautiful music…
A new baby signals hope, as does an unopened letter. Hope that things will be better. Fans of Malorie Blackman’s…
Opera North’s latest venture into Orpheus is a collaboration with Leeds-based South Asian Arts as their respective musical directors’ fuse…
This concert performance by one of Europe’s leading orchestra’s The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by the recently appointed…
‘Stuffed’ is a fantastic piece of theatre, there is absolutely no doubt about that. A series of coherent physical theatre…
First recorded in April 2021 for BBC Radio 3 when Covid restrictions prevented live performance, Opera North present a concert…
Eight years before Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein famously collaborated on screen with Dame Julie Andrews in 'The Sound of…