So Christmas is come and gone, the New Year is upon us and it’s all hands on deck, no really, at Giulio Cesare. Saw the rig in place on the stage for the first time today. Seems so much bigger than when set up in the rehearsal room, and is obviously designed to fi...
Read the full postThis year I’ve been very lucky, because there have been no production rehearsals or performances between Christmas & New Year – a previously unheard of state of things – so I have had a lovely long time away and have completely forgotten how to work th...
Read the full postShould you find yourself with your nose to the grindstone, your shoulder to the wheel, putting your best foot forward with your head duly bowed. Then you are either playing the harshest game of twister known to man, or a slave in Giulio Cesare. In my case, this tim...
Read the full postThis Autumn, 18 schools across the North took part in Opera1 workshops and visited the theatre to see a performance of Opera North’s The Queen of Spades.The Opera1 team received many brilliant reviews from the students who took part, and three of those have been chosen to appe...
Read the full postToday is the first day of rehearsals proper. My head is full of words and ghosts and…..things. I first heard about this project, Who is this that Comes? A Ghost Story for Christmas, when I went to see an installation of William Tuckett’s at the Whitechapel Gallery – somewhere...
Read the full postArtist and musician Matthew Robins spreads seasonal cheer in his unique blend of live music and shadow-puppet animation, Flyboy is Alone Again this Christmas, with two performances in the Howard Assembly Room on Saturday 10 December. Matthew and his band perform live on stage ...
Read the full postEducation is a very broad term and means different things to different people. At Opera North we believe in creating opportunities that engage people from cradle to grave. Our two newest projects illustrate our commitment to young and old.
Read the full postIt’s mid November and I’m just putting together some new Flyboy stories to bring to the Howard Assembly Room this Christmas. Flyboy is a mutant boy - half fly, half human, trying to live a normal life in a little town - his parents abandoned him when he was small, but he has ...
Read the full postMeet the musicians that will help transport the audience from the Howard Assembly Room to Dostoevsky’s Casino for a sold out performance of The Gambler this evening. The evening will include chamber music by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff. DANNY DRIVER - PIANO Following his ...
Read the full postIn just over a week Yorkshire will have headline billing in London’s cultural calendar when Opera North begins a five-day residency at the Barbican.
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