"What the canny Ricordi knew was that if there was anything at all that might just lure Verdi back into the operatic fray it was Shakespeare – the writer that the composer revered above all others"
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In characteristic style, Opera North’s main stage plans for opera’s special year of 2013 include a spectacular range of opera and music. We take full advantage of the opportunity to celebrate the anniversaries of three of the greatest opera composers of all time...
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Crows’ Bones is a new live concert exploring ghostly folk songs old and new, pinpointing the very essence of what is most beautiful and unsettling within the traditional folk genre. It premiered at the Howard Assembly Room by Martin Green (Lau), alongside vocalis...
Read the full postIf Otello is an opera about jealousy it is, no less, an opera about envy. Otello and Desdemona’s famous duet at the end of Act 1 – a brilliant transposition of Shakespeare’s ‘She loved me for the dangers I had passed / And I loved her that ...
Read the full postJohn Fulljames discusses tackling imperfection, Sesto's arias and working on recitatives in preparation for the staging of Opera North's new production of Mozart's La clemenza di Tito.
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See a selection of images from the launch of new education project, In Harmony Leeds
Read the full postJessica Burroughs takes advantage of a break in orchestra rehearsals to interview 2nd trombone player Rob Burtenshaw
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Shakespeare’s five-act play is condensed into a thrillingly taut four-act opera, which crashes onto the stage with a nerve-jangling sea-storm, and never once slackens its grip, even in its tenderest moments, such as the beautiful Act One love duet, or Desdemona’...
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Cellist Jessica Burroughs blogs about the dual life of the Orchestra of Opera North, from the opera pit to the concert stage
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Conductor Tobias Ringborg on the fun filled rehearsal process and plusses of the pianoforte.
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