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...Award for her work in the show. This was the first time a Black person was awarded this prize. The London production was produced by Opera North. Burns again reprised the role of Queenie with Opera du Rhin in Strasbourg, Germany in 2002.

In this article: Karla Burns, Hattie McDaniel, Queenie, Broadway, Wichita, Wichita State University, Laurence Olivier Award, Surgery, and New York City

...novels about a Prague landlord's bizarre journeys. What emerged has never quite caught on: this new production by Opera North (co-produced by Scottish Opera) is the UK's first outside London. You'll understand more about the piece's problems...

In this article: Leos Janacek, Prague, Leeds Grand Theatre, and Svatopluk Cech

...London and Birmingham, this month. Opera North s new production of Janacek s bizarre The Adventures Of Mr Broucek, in its first UK staging outside London and starring John Graham Hall, is a must-see. Finally, Welsh National Opera has...

In this article: Tristan und Isolde, Le Grand Macabre, Bryn Terfel, Rupert Goold, La Fura dels Baus, Carmen, Welsh National Opera, Tosca, and Turandot

...visits the moon and 15th-century Hussite Prague in his drunken stupor, gets a welcome first UK staging outside London, in a co-production by Opera North and Scottish Opera (spring 2010). John Graham Hall stars, Martin Andre conducts, John...

In this article: Antonio Pappano, Franz Schubert, Nina Stemme, Opera North, Jupiter Symphony, La Fura dels Baus, and Philharmonia

The Lowry also hosts the Opera North series of operas. The Lyric theatre has the largest stage in the United Kingdom outside London's West End , with seating for 1,730 people. The complex also contains a 2000m² gallery to house 350...

In this article: The Lowry, L.S. Lowry, Metrolink, Buro Happold, Michael Wilford, Opera North, Salford, and Imperial War Museum North

...into Opera North, in Leeds. This is a national company - let us not forget that it began its life as English National Opera North before the umbilical cord with the mother organisation in London was cut. The Royal Opera may have the...

In this article: Tony Hall, Opera North, Royal Opera House, Britain, Tate Liverpool, and Andy Burnham

...match every fortnight or Coldplay at the O2. Companies such as Opera North and the Almeida in London put a lot of effort into making sure it's available for anyone who's interested." Reflecting Scottish Opera's forthcoming mini-season...

In this article: Armando Iannucci, David Sawer, The Thick of It, The Day Today, Plastic surgery, Richard Jones, Alan Partridge, and Opera North

Tony Hall, chief executive of the ROH, said that Royal Opera House Manchester would not be a distant, secondary outpost of the London operation, but would "develop an artistic character of its own and have a sense of its own worth". Some...

In this article: Andy Burnham, Opera North, Royal Northern College of Music, Welsh National Opera, and Manchester College