Opera North Projects takes apart the elements of opera: words, music, visual arts and performance, and puts them back together in new ways.

Opera North Projects produces small-scale touring shows and site-specific installations and, as a PRS Foundation Talent Development Partner supported by PPL, runs a programme of artist residencies called Resonance.

The work of Opera North Projects brings art forms, technology and artists together in unexpected ways, collaborating with partners including the Royal Opera House, Hull 2017 UK City of Culture, Latitude Festival, Yorkshire Sculpture Park and the Barbican.

Home is the beautifully restored Howard Assembly Room in Leeds, a flexible performance space whose public programme is curated by the Projects Department. Following the Music Works redevelopment project, the Howard Assembly Room reopened in 2021 with its own dedicated entrance, and an increased events programme bringing more of the best music, film and performance to the heart of the city.

Projects include

Aeons: A sound journey for Newcastle (2018)

Aeons: A sound journey for Newcastle (2018)

A sound journey commissioned for the Great Exhibition of the North, by Martin Green.

The Lullaby Project

The Lullaby Project

A video playlist collecting lullabies old and new, featuring artists who have performed at the Howard Assembly Room.

Installations

Installations

Installations created by Opera North Projects, including The Height of the Reeds and Hy Brasil.

FILMusic

FILMusic

New commissions combining music and film, including Sunrise, Battleship Potemkin, Salomé, Hypnosis Display and Mein Lieber Schwan.

Touring Shows

Touring Shows

Read more about touring projects including The Tiger Lillies: Lulu: A Murder Ballad; Gavin Bryars: Nothing like the Sun; and Arve Henriksen: Places of Worship.

Artist Development

Artist Development

Projects supporting young and emerging artists, including the Resonance residency programme, The DARE Art Prize and BAME Composers and creatives programme.

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Phone: +44 (0)113 243 9999
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