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DewsburyStrings of Opera North

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Shaw, Tschaikowsky
Katie Stillman; Orchestra of Opera North

HuddersfieldProkofiev's Fifth Symphony

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Sibelius, Tschaikowsky, Prokofjew
Orchestra of Opera North; Garry Walker; Guy Johnston

LeedsEugene OneginNeuinszenierung

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Tschaikowsky: Eugen Onegin
Garry Walker; Patrick Nolan; Opera North; Leslie Travers; Elizabeth Gadsby; Malcolm Rippeth; Orchestra of Opera North

LeedsRigoletto

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Verdi: Rigoletto
Patrick Lange; Femi Elufowoju Jr; Opera North; Rae Smith; Howard Hudson; Orchestra of Opera North

Newcastle upon TyneRigoletto

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Verdi: Rigoletto
Patrick Lange; Femi Elufowoju Jr; Opera North; Rae Smith; Howard Hudson; Orchestra of Opera North

Newcastle upon TyneEugene OneginNeuinszenierung

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Tschaikowsky: Eugen Onegin
Garry Walker; Patrick Nolan; Opera North; Leslie Travers; Elizabeth Gadsby; Malcolm Rippeth; Orchestra of Opera North
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John Findon triumphs in the return of Opera North’s Peter Grimes

John Findon (Peter Grimes) © James Glossop
Benjamin Britten’s dark masterpiece Peter Grimes returns triumphantly to Opera North, conducted by Gary Walker and revived by Karolina Sofulak and Tim Claydon.
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Opera North’s Susanna: how a woman stood up to her abusers

Anna Dennis (Susanna), Tony Polo and Aaron Chaplin from Phoenix Dance Theatre © Tristram Kenton
Handel's oratorio is staged by Olivia Fuchs and conducted by Johanna Soller in Opera North's latest successful collaboration with Phoenix Dance Theatre. 
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Opera North’s “fleeing” Dutchman links to plight of asylum seekers

Robert Hayward (The Dutchman) and Layla Claire (Senta) © James Glossop
Opera North’s The Flying Dutchman, directed by Annabel Arden, conjures up frightening storms and links the production to the plight of asylum seekers. 
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Opera North’s gleeful Magic Flute revived

Emyr Wyn Jones (Papageno) © Tristram Kenton
Conducted by Christoph Konz and directed by James Brining, Opera North’s revival of The Magic Flute remains an inventive reinterpretation of Mozart’s classic opera. 
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Similarities and differences explored in Opera North's Cav and Aleko

Robert Hayward (Aleko) © Tristram Kenton
Opera North's revives its Cavalleria rusticana production by Karolina Sofulak, pairing it this time with Rachmaninov's early opera Aleko
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Così fan tutte straight out of the Age of Enlightenment in Leeds

Henry Neill (Guglielmo), Quirijn de Lang (Don Alfonso) and Anthony Gregory (Ferrando) © James Glossop
Tim Albery's Opera North production is successfully revived, with a new cast.
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UnknownOpera North's isolation odyssey: Also Sprach Zarathustra

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Strauss R.: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30
Orchestra of Opera North; Tobias Ringborg

LeedsDas Rheingold

Michael Druiett (Wotan), Jo Pohlheim (Alberich) and Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Loge) © Clive Barda
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Richard Farnes; Peter Mumford; Opera North; Michael Druiett; Andrew Foster-Williams; Mark Le Brocq; Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke

LeedsDie Walküre Act 1

Kelly Cae Hogan (Brünnhilde) and Robert Hayward (Wotan) © Clive Barda
Wagner: Die Walküre
Richard Farnes; Peter Mumford; Opera North; James Creswell; Lee Bisset; Michael Weinius
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Virtual Togetherness: Can virtual choirs replace the real thing?

Eric Whitacre's virtual choir for Sing Gently
Eric Whitacre, Tori Longdon and Jennifer Sterling, choral directors of virtual choirs during the pandemic, tell us what they have learned and the limitations of the virtual world.

Bite-size opera: The Little Greats

How do you entice people to spend a night out at the opera? How do you grow new audiences? This autumn, Opera North may have a solution.