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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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Concert
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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Concert
Dvorak/Schubert Quintets – Howard Assembly Room, Leeds
Musicians: Opera North String Quartet Paul Miller (double bass) …
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Ballet
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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Concert
Christopher Purves and Simon Lepper – Howard Assembly Room, Leeds
Reviewer: Ron Simpson Opera North’s programme for the Howard Assembly Room is always impressively varied, with jazz, world music and…
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Concert
BBC Philharmonic: Schubert, Strauss & Brahms – Huddersfield Town Hall
Conductor: Juanjo Mena Soloist (horn): Alberto Menendez Escribano Reviewer: Ron Simpson The Orchestra of Opera North’s 2015-2016 Kirklees concert…
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