Mastodawn

The Big Bopper Nov 15, 2023

La Grande Musique Oct 9, 2023

The week in classical: Falstaff; Hatfield House chamber music festival – review https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/07/opera-north-falstaff-leeds-grand-review-hatfield-house-chamber-music-festival-ruby-hughes-huw-watkins-guy-barker-kaleidoscope-chamber-collective-orsino-winds-beethoven-septet-robin-holloway-bassoon-quintet-premiere-amy-harman?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Classicalmusic #Opera #OperaNorth #Culture #Music

The week in classical: Falstaff; Hatfield House chamber music festival – review

Verdi’s late masterpiece ends on a riotous and sustainable high at Opera North. At the childhood home of Elizabeth I, a family affair and a memorable premiere

The Guardian

The Big Bopper Nov 15, 2023

La Grande Musique Oct 27, 2023

La Rondine review – Opera North’s stylish Puccini is opulent and tender https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/27/la-rondine-review-puccini-opera-north-grand-theatre-leeds?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Opera #OperaNorth #Classicalmusic #Culture

La Rondine review – Opera North’s stylish Puccini is opulent and tender

Set in the 1920s, James Hurley’s staging – the third of the company’s Green Season – is blessed with perfectly mismatched lovers. Under conductor Kerem Hasan the score sighs and swoons

The Guardian

The Big Bopper Nov 15, 2023

Great fun tonight with #Opera North and Verdi's Falstaff at the #Lowry in #Manchester

The Big Bopper Nov 14, 2023

Wouter de Moor Nov 14, 2023

There is little in the field of opera that compares to a good performance of a Wagner opera. LOHENGRIN, the latest production of the Dutch National Opera, is convincing proof of this.

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https://www.wagner-heavymetal.com/blog/between-gloom-and-glory-lohengrin-in-the-factory

Between gloom and glory: Lohengrin in the factory

Lohengrin is perhaps his most lyrical opera. Completed in the year before his involvement in the Dresden revolution of 1849 caused him to take refuge in Switzerland to escape arrest. From his Swiss...

WAGNER & HEAVY METAL

The Big Bopper Nov 14, 2023