Opera North’s Susanna: how a woman stood up to her abusers

Anna Dennis (Susanna), Tony Polo and Aaron Chaplin from Phoenix Dance Theatre

Colin Judson (First Elder), Anna Dennis (Susanna) and Karl Huml (Second Elder)

Anna Dennis (Susanna), Phoenix Dance Theatre and Chorus of Opera North

BSL Performer Tianah Hodding with Anna Dennis (Susanna) and Phoenix Dance Theatre

Von Richard Wilcocks, 05 Oktober 2025

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds, am 4 Oktober 2025

Händel, Susanna

Opera North

Johanna Soller, Musikalische Leitung

Olivia Fuchs, Regie

Zahra Mansouri, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Jake Wiltshire, Licht

Orchestra of Opera North

Chorus of Opera North

Anna Dennis, Susanna

James Hall, Joacim

Claire Lees, Daniel

Matthew Brook, Chelsias

Colin Judson, First Elder

Karl Huml, Second Elder

Marcus J. Willis, Choreographie

Phoenix Dance Theatre

John Findon triumphs in the return of Opera North’s Peter Grimes

Richard Wilcocks, 13th February

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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To be or not to be: Hamlet returns to the Buxton Festival

Mark Pullinger, 16th July

After 45 years, Ambroise Thomas' Hamlet returns to Buxton in a gripping, psychological staging by Jack Furness.

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Opera North’s “fleeing” Dutchman links to plight of asylum seekers

Richard Wilcocks, 1st February

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

Richard Wilcocks, 27th September

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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Richard Wilcocks, 15th February

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

Richard Wilcocks, 2nd February

Tim Albery's Opera North production is successfully revived, with a new cast.

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Richard Wilcocks

Richard Wilcocks has worked as a journalist, as a teacher and for the British Council. He sings bass with Leeds Festival Chorus.

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