Opera
Il Viaggio a Reims – York Theatre Royal
Music: Gioachino Rossini Director: Valentina Ceschi Conductor: Jonathan Peter Kenny It says much for the development of English Touring Opera…
Read More »Aida – Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
Music: Giuseppe Verdi Libretto: Antonio Ghislanzoni Director: Ellen Kent Conductor: Vasyl Vasylenko Verdi’s Aida is opera on the grand scale…
Read More »Lucrezia Borgia – Theatre Royal, Norwich
Director: Eloise Lally Lucrezia Borgia, the twisting narrative of a mass poisoning and a rather complicated mother-child relationship is perhaps…
Read More »Ruddigore – Wilton’s Music Hall, London
Director: Peter Benedict Music: Arthur Sullivan Libretto: W.S. Gilbert In his programme note for Ruddigore, director Peter Benedict marks his…
Read More »Opera North: Tosca – The Lowry, Salford
Writers: Score by Giacomo Puccini, libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Director: Edward Dick Although Opera North’s Tosca is…
Read More »Opera North: The Cunning Little Vixen – The Lowry, Salford
Music: Leoš Janáček Libretto: Leoš Janáček Writer: Rudolf Těsnohlídek Director: Sir David Pountney Conductor: Andrew Gourlay At a time of…
Read More »Dnipro Opera’s Carmen – Royal Hall, Harrogate
Music: Georges Bizet Libretto: Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy, after Prosper Merimee Director: Yriu Chayka Conductor: Ihor Puchkov This was…
Read More »Opera North’s Ariadne auf Naxos – Leeds Grand Theatre
Composer: Richard Strauss Director: Rodula Gaitanou Conductor: Antony Hermus Opera North’s wonderful Winter season came to a triumphant end with…
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