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…
The story of Fidelio is a simple one. Leonore (Rachel Nicholls) under the guise of a man (Fidelio) infiltrates a…
Leeds Playhouse and Opera North’s innovative co-production of beatboxer Testament’s Orpheus in The Record Shop has won a slot in…