Nicholas Watts
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Review
Whistle Stop Opera: The Magic Flute – Opera North at Gateway East, Leeds
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Writer/Director: John Savournin Opera is often assumed to be an elitist occupation, an assumption not totally…
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Featured
Cinderella – Northern Opera Group online
Composer/Libretto: Pauline Viardot Director: Sophie Gilpin Conductor: Chris Pell David Ward of the Northern Opera Group has a talent for…
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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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Opera
Opera North’s The Turn of the Screw – Leeds Grand Theatre
Music: Benjamin Britten Libretto: Myfanwy Piper Director: Alessandro Talevi Conductor: Leo McFall The Turn of the Screw returns to Opera…
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North West
Opera North: The Merry Widow – The Lowry, Salford
Writer: Music by Franz Lehár Book/Lyrics: Victor Léon and Leo Stein Adaptor: Kit Hesketh-Harvey and Giles Havergala Director: Giles Havergal…
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Drama
Don Giovanni – The Grand, Leeds
Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte Director: Alessandro Talevi Reviewer: Dawn Smallwood Completing the bill of the Fatal Passions season this…
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Comedy
Opera North’s Cavalleria rusticana and Trial by Jury – The Grand, Leeds
Cavalleria rusticana Music: Pietro Mascagni Libretto: Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci Director: Karolina Sofulak Trial by Jury Music: Arthur Sullivan Libretto: William Schwenck Gilbert Director: John…
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