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North East & Yorkshire
An Evening with Sir Willard White – York Theatre Royal
Anyone who saw Sir Willard White as Monterone in Opera North’s Rigoletto recently will know that his bass-baritone voice, with…
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North East & Yorkshire
Tai Murray and Martin Roscoe – Howard Assembly Room, Leeds
Performers: Tai Murray (violin) and Martin Roscoe (piano) Reviews on this site have previously praised the Howard Assembly Room for…
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Review
Brodsky String Quartet – Howard Assembly Room, Leeds
Opera North’s enterprising programme for the Howard Assembly Room has its esoteric moments, but here we had a conventional chamber…
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Featured
Online Review: Switch ON Live from Leeds
This Opera North concert, livestreamed from Leeds Town Hall and now available on Youtube, was, in truth, rather bitty as…
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Featured
The Orchestra of Opera North – Leeds Town Hall
Soloist: Nicholas Watts (tenor) As Matthew Sims of the Leeds Concert Season said in his welcoming speech, it was great…
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Music
The Emperor – Huddersfield Town Hall
Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North Conductor: Ruth Reinhardt Soloist: Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) Reviewer: Ron Simpson The first concert of the…
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Music
Dvorak/Schubert Quintets – Howard Assembly Room, Leeds
Musicians: Opera North String Quartet Paul Miller (double bass) …
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Dance
Northern Ballet: Jane Eyre – The Lowry, Salford
Choreography: Cathy Marston Reviewer: Peter Jacobs Charlotte Brontë’s 1847 novel Jane Eyre is a game-changing work of literature, introducing character-based internalisation…
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