Audiences are being invited to join Opera North on its journey towards sustainability this autumn with special bus deals making it even more affordable to travel to the theatre on public transport. The upcoming Green Season sees Opera North producing three operas as sustainably as possible using the Green Theatre Book to interrogate all aspects […]
As work ramps up on the trio of innovative productions comprising Opera North’s first sustainable season, the Company has revealed some of the transformations it is making in search of more environmentally responsible ways to bring its operas to the stage. The Green Season will open this September at Leeds Grand Theatre with Olivia Fuchs’ new […]
Leading arts organisation Opera North is preparing to co-host an inaugural arts festival with local residents as the first phase of its innovative Richmond Hill community residency in Leeds draws to close. From 29 June to 7 July, everyone living in the Burmantofts and Richmond Hill Ward will be invited to come together for […]
With Puccini’s devastating take on passion and power, Janáček’s bittersweet exploration of the cycle of life, and Strauss’ playful look at what happens when tragedy and comedy collide on and off stage, Opera North’s new season brings memorable characters, compelling drama and incredible music to theatres across the north of England this winter. Alongside […]
A groundbreaking new staging of Monteverdi’s opera Orpheus is set to open at Opera North in Leeds this October, before touring northern theatres alongside Verdi’s La traviata, and concerts of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice. Orpheus, a reimagining of one of the earliest surviving operas, Monteverdi’s 1607 work L’Orfeo, weaves a new musical and dramatic […]
A new show which celebrates music from around the world through the timeless story of Orpheus and Eurydice will be touring the north of England this month as Opera North takes its latest pop-up production on the road. Inspired by Monteverdi’s opera Orfeo, A Tale of Orpheus & Eurydice transforms the myth of the two […]
The Orchestra of Opera North will close its annual long weekend Millennium Square, Leeds on Sunday 24 July with Opera in the City, an alfresco evening of operatic favourites and classical masterpieces. Welsh soprano Elin Pritchard – an Opera North favourite who appears with the award-winning ensemble in Wagner’s epic Parsifal throughout June – […]
Families in the north of England are being invited to get their first taste of opera this summer as Opera North takes its Whistle Stop Opera: The Magic Flute on tour across the region. Inspired by Mozart’s final opera, The Magic Flute, this Whistle Stop version packs adventure, a thought-provoking message and enchanting music into […]
Opera North today announces five new productions for its 2021/22 season and an eclectic programme of live music in the Howard Assembly Room, marking a crucial and celebratory moment for the national opera company in the North this Autumn. The new 2021/22 season, which is Opera North’s first full season in the wake of the […]
Opera International’s award winning Ellen Kent Productions is bringing Tosca, Carmen and Madame Butterfly with international soloists, highly praised chorus and full orchestra from Thursday 27 – Saturday 29 January 2022 to The Alhambra Theatre, Bradford. Puccini Tosca – Thursday 27 January 2022 This traditional production is a heady mixture of true love, torture and […]