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Opera North's Francesca da Rimini & Pagliacci
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Opera North's Francesca da Rimini & Pagliacci
The third installment of Opera North's one-acter season, first seen on 7 May, offered a rare Rachmaninov and that old war-horse Pagliacci in stagings which found David Pountney at the top of his form and Christopher Alden at his most quixotic.
Modest Tchaikovsky's libretto for Francesca da Rimini, based on Dante's Paolo and Francesca episode, is so undramatic as to render the piece a tone poem with vocal interjections. Pountney h...
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Opera North's Francesca da Rimini & Pagliacci
Musical Opinion
; Opera North's Francesca da Rimini & Pagliacci The third installment of Opera North's one-acter season, first seen on 7 May, offered a rare Rachmaninov and that old war-horse Pagliacci in stagings which found David Pountney at the top of his form and Christopher Alden at his most quixotic.
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CLASSICAL: One more Ring to bind them all The Valkyrie/ ENO Coliseum LONDON Francesca da Rimini & Pagliacci/ Opera North Grand Theatre LEEDS Halle Orchestra/ Mark Elder Bridgewater Hall MANCHESTER
The Independent on Sunday
; Like a film critic with a closely guarded plot twist, I have some misgivings about drawing attention to the beginning of The Valkyrie. But few readers will be unaware by now of the ear-splitting scream that opens Phyllida Lloyd's production: the boldest gesture yet in her ongoing Ring Cycle for
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Opera North's QUARTER CENTENARY
Musical Opinion
; Memories and anticipations from David Denton With building work on their new home in the Leeds City Centre beginning later in the year, Opera North celebrated its 25th birthday with a glittering Gala Concert on 16 November in the Grand Theatre, a venerable venue that is enjoying its own125th
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culture: Opera North delivers treat for fans of Bard.(Features)
The Journal (Newcastle, England)
; OPERA North arrives in the region today with a treat for Shakespeare fans and heartening news for devotees of opera. The company's productions of three operas based on Shakespeare's plays have been widely praised. With all ...
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Opera North plans concert
Philadelphia Tribune, The
; StaCee G. Hibbert Philadelphia Tribune, The 01-10-1995 Opera North plans concert. By StaCee G. Hibbert Tribune Staff A Concert of Opera Delights" scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 15, will feature artists like Cassandra Hayes, Megan Henry, Carolyn Stanford, Gregory Hopkins, George Braxton, Teresa
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Opera North at the Lowry
Musical Opinion
; Opera North's Spring visit to Manchester brought my first visit to the North West's newest Arts Centre, Manchester's Lowry Centre. Manchester may indeed claim it, but it actually lies a couple of miles across the Irwell in Salford and forms the latest part of the renovated Docks area of the
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Grand vision of new home for Opera North
Yorkshire Post
; Nick Ahad RICHARD Mantle and Warren Smith are two very different men. Mr Mantle is the director of Opera North, Mr Smith the general manager of Leeds Grand Theatre. Yet both share one thing: a vision for the future of the theatre they call home. Next month that vision will take a quantum leap
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Opera: Opera North Gala Grand Theatre Leeds
The Independent - London
; IT WAS party time for Opera North last night, and what a swell party it was. The company was celebrating its 21st birthday - a little late, since it actually opened its doors in November 1978. But who cares, when the party is as lavishly enjoyable as this one. If anyone invented Opera North, it was
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Great company for a 21st celebration First Night Opera North Leeds
The Independent - London
; IT WAS party time for Opera North last night, and what a swell party it was. The company was celebrating its 21st birthday - a little late, since it opened its doors in November 1978. But who cares, when the party is as lavishly enjoyable as this one. If anyone invented Opera North, it was Lord
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Opera North's Macbeth & Romeo & Juliet
Musical Opinion
; For the latest trip to Salford's Lowry Art Centre, Opera North's Shakespeare week opened on 10 June with a performance of Gounod's Romeo & Juliet. Throughout this wonderful production, the characterisation, singing and sheer sensuality brought a new sense of perspective to the story. Evocative
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