Don Giovanni: Three Questions for... Meeta Raval (Donna Anna)
"I’m trying to mould this character in a way that Meeta Raval becomes Donna Anna"
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A rather active August...
Ahead of the new season, a quieter period in the calendar has arrived, which leaves just enough time to reflect on the unusually busy August Opera North enjoyed, travelling the length of the UK.
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Opera North’s new Chorus Manager Steven Phillips talks through his first two months with the company.
Read the full postHildegard Bechtler's model images for The Makropulos Case
Here are some images from Hildegard’s original model of the set, an exact scale replica of what is currently on stage.
Read the full post"I, Gandalf" - Martin Pickard, Head of Music, relives his role in The Hobbit
“It’s a bit strange to think that the 11 year old boy in grey woolly tights I am staring at in an old school scrapbook is me. And it’s even stranger to think that I am wearing those funny tights because I was the first person to play Gandalf the Wizard, in...
Read the full postTurbo-charged Carousel rehearsals: Trevor Bowes’ inside view
The culture of rehearsal in musical theatre is very different to that of the opera world - there is a general turbo-charged aura of hustle and activity. Everywhere you look there are people stretching, swapping massages, changing clothes...
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