Opera North’s gleeful Magic Flute revived

Emyr Wyn Jones (Papageno)

Anna Dennis (Queen of the Night)

Hector Wainman, Isabelle Baglio and Isla Jones with Claire Lees (Pamina)

Katie Sharpe, Hazel Croft, Charlie Drummond (Three Ladies) and Egor Zhuravskii (Tamino)

Von Richard Wilcocks, 28 September 2024

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“should appeal to children and young people like nothing else in the repertoire”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds, am 27 September 2024

Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (Sung in English)

Opera North

Christoph Koncz, Musikalische Leitung

James Brining, Regie

Colin Richmond, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Chris Davey, Licht

Orchestra of Opera North

Chorus of Opera North

Douglas O'Connell, Video

Claire Lees, Pamina

Egor Zhuravskii, Tamino

Anna Dennis, Königin der Nacht

Emyr Wyn Jones, Papageno

Msimelelo Mbali, Sarastro

Pasquale Orchard, Papagena

Colin Judson, Monostatos

Andri Björn Róbertsson, Sprecher

Charlie Drummond, Erste Dame

Kathryn Sharpe, Zweite Dame

Hazel Croft, Dritte Dame

Satriya Krisna, Erster Geharnischter

Richard Mosley-Evans, Zweiter Geharnischter

Tom Smith, Erster Priester

Paul Gibson, Zweiter Priester

Tim Claydon, Choreographie

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

Richard Wilcocks, 4th October

Handel's oratorio is staged by Olivia Fuchs and conducted by Johanna Soller in Opera North's latest successful collaboration with Phoenix Dance Theatre.

****1

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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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.

****1

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.