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Playbill.com | 1 month ago

London Revival of La Bete Confirmed for June; Broadway in September

...Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. He has also directed for opera companies including English National Opera, Opera North and Welsh National Opera. Hirson, born in New York City and educated...

Playbill.com | 1 month ago

Hyde Pierce, Lumley and Rylance to Star in U.K. Revival of La Bete, Prior to Broadway

...Lord of the Rings in Toronto and the West End's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. He has also directed for opera companies including English National Opera, Opera North and Welsh National Opera.

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Guardian | 1 month ago

No time to cut Britain's musical culture Charlotte Higgins

...at the Barbican in London. Meanwhile, in Leeds you could catch the five-star production of Ruddigore from Opera North or, tomorrow night in Birmingham, hear Andris Nelsons perform...

Telegraph.co.uk - Arts | 1 month ago

The curse of Ruddigore

...North restore the reputation of G&S's first flop? Stage set: Amy Freston as Rose Maybud and members of the Opera North chorus in rehearsal for 'Ruddigore? After the instant - and...

Guardian Unlimited | 1 month ago

The unbearable lightness of being

...it or you hate it." I am told this at least three times during the couple of days I spend with ­Opera North at Leeds Grand theatre, where they are rehearsing ­Ruddigore, one of Gilbert...

Independent.co.uk - Theater | 2 months ago

Swanhunter, Quays Theatre, Lowry, Salford

...sings the pieces of her dismembered son magically back together in a heart-melting lament. Steered by Opera North's education department and deftly directed by Clare Whistler, the...

Telegraph.co.uk - Arts | 2 months ago

Preview for 2010: opera

...melodrama, one of Gilbert and Sullivan's unjustly neglected collaborations, is given a new production at Opera North, directed by Jo Davies. Grand Theatre, Leeds (0844 848 2720),...

Guardian | 3 months ago

Royal Opera House in Manchester moves a step closer to reality

...will cease to present opera and thus not compete with the Palace Theatre. It is planned that companies such as Opera North, which tours to Salford, will instead stage work at the Palace...

"The Barber of Seville is one of ten boxoffice operas, up there with La Boheme and Don Giovanni," says Richard Farnes, the music director at Opera North.

Abi Titmuss is having an operatic laugh Times Online | 7 months ago

Wikipedia | 3 months ago

Opera North (U.S.A.)

...operas. Opera North productions are staged at the Lebanon Opera House. Opera North is a member of OPERA America. Opera North was founded as the Light Opera of Norwich in 1981 as an...

Telegraph.co.uk - Arts | 3 months ago

The ruinous cost of a leap northwards

...in running costs, or the ruinous effect that the residency would have on other companies such as Opera North. I hope that Panter and Squire drop this lunatic scheme. They have better...

Telegraph.co.uk - Arts | 4 months ago

Opera North's Swanhunter Jonathan Dove interview

...folkloric Finn makes the perfect hero for his latest, family opera A fine Finnish: scene from Swanhunter by Opera North 'We've never written down to an audience. If we write the show...

Guardian Unlimited | 4 months ago

How to write family-friendly opera

...trained singers at the top of their voices. Alasdair and I felt it was time to do something different. Opera North invited us to write a touring chamber opera for children and...