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Opera North welcomes American tenor Erik Nelson Werner to sing the role of Siegmund in its new concert staging of Die Walküre, which opens at Leeds Town Hall on 16 June 2012, replacing Jeffrey Lloyd Roberts who has withdrawn from the role.
A generous donation from Jimbo's Fund, a fund set up by the late Leeds businessman and philanthropist Jimi Heselden, has enabled creative young people aged 10-15 with Asperger’s Syndrome to access a series of tailored workshops run by Opera North.
Opera North, England’s national opera company based in Leeds, and Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) are delighted to announce a new partnership aimed at nurturing and inspiring young musical talent in the North.
This February, the Howard Assembly Room makes its annual transformation into a free gallery space as acclaimed video installation Five Truths comes direct from the V&A to its first UK showing outside London. The installation will be enhanced in Leeds by a new Opera North Projects commission, Who is Ophelia? a digital city-wide trail by Yorkshire-based interactive arts organisation, Invisible Flock.
A brand new production of the blockbuster American musical Carousel by Rodgers & Hammerstein, will open in Leeds in May 2012 for three weeks, swiftly followed by a week on tour at The Lowry, Salford Quays and five weeks at The Barbican, London in August 2012.
Opera North is delighted to announce initial casting information for its upcoming production, in collaboration with the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, of the blockbuster American musical, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel, opening in Leeds in May 2012 with subsequent performances at The Lowry, Salford and the Barbican, London. In March 2013 the production transfers to Paris.
It’s a season of ‘Strong Women’ both on and off stage at Opera North from January 2012, with three operas highlighting female strength of character; Norma (Norma), Cleopatra, (Giulio Cesare) and Butterfly (Madama Butterfly), whilst some of the most impressive female singers on the current UK and European stage give everything to their roles: Annemarie Kremer (Norma), Sarah Tynan (Cleopatra), Pamela Helen Stephen (Caesar) and Anne Sophie Duprels (Butterfly).