Opera North’s production of Wagner’s final work for the stage arrives in a blaze of glory from director Sam Brown’s…
“Enjoy the screaming ab-dabs!”, were my opera-hating husband’s parting words as I headed for the Hull New Theatre on Thursday…
The staging of Handel’s Alcina presents a challenge and from what I saw tonight, the jury is still out; if…
Carmen is stuffed full of well-known arias and melodies, or as one audience member put it as she left the…
Femi Elufowoju Jr’s interpretation of Giuseppe Verdi’s 1851 masterpiece for Opera North by and large works although I’m yet to…
Trouble in Tahiti is a one-act opera in seven acts, composed by Leonard Bernstein, who is perhaps best known for…
Hard on the heels of 'Waitress' at the Opera House this week, another musical tale of female lust and empowerment…
A hot July evening in West Yorkshire proved to be the perfect backdrop for a musical set at the Scandinavian…
Most people have heard the haunting Send In The Clowns but how many could say which musical it is from?…
The last performance Opera North gave before lockdown in March 2020 was at The Lowry so it seems somehow appropriate…