Nicola Dempster, Press & PR Manager
nicola.dempster@operanorth.co.uk
0113 223 3526
Hannah Stockton, Press Officer
hannah.stockton@operanorth.co.uk
0113 223 3528
Opera North today announces a new In Harmony partnership with a school in Leeds, impacting on 450 children in full-time education and the wider community. The pioneering project, one of four new In Harmony community development projects announced today, will be funded by the Arts Council England, the Department for Education and Opera North over three years between 2012 and 2015.
The 5* musical hit of the summer, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel is brought vividly to life in an outstanding new stage production, opening in London this August following critical praise in Leeds and Manchester.
Two new commissions by Opera North Projects are announced alongside highlights of the programme in the Howard Assembly Room this Autumn.
Opera North’s four year journey through the Ring Cycle continues with Die Walküre, led by Music Director Richard Farnes.
A spirit of optimism infuses Opera North’s 2012/13 season as we celebrate opera in all its extraordinary richness and diversity.
The exciting American baritone Eric Greene, who made his UK debut to strong reviews last month with Birmingham Opera Company, joins the cast of Carousel as Billy Bigelow this week, in a major new production opening on 2nd May at Leeds Grand Theatre.
An outstanding production team bring new life to one of the greatest musicals of the twentieth century, in a brand new production of the blockbuster American musical, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel. Carousel 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.
Revel in the arrival of Spring this year with a jam-packed and unrestrained programme in the Howard Assembly Room. From celebrations of the great post-war Broadway musicals to the best of young British opera talent, and from dynamic contemporary jazz acts to the summery sound of Garifuna soul.
Ruddigore, Opera North's hugely successful operetta, will travel to three new venues this summer in a one-off tour that visits Sheffield and crosses borders to Edinburgh and Belfast. Audiences in these cities will now be able to revel in this witty Victorian melodrama, which is considered one of Gilbert & Sullivan's most inventive works.
The must-see musical of 2012, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel is brought vividly to life in an outstanding new stage production in Leeds, Salford Quays and London. This timeless American classic will be recreated in a vibrant staging combining evocative design, gripping storytelling and powerful musical performance.