Similarities and differences explored in Opera North's Cav and Aleko

Robert Hayward (Aleko)

Elin Pritchard (Zemfira) and Robert Hayward (Aleko)

Elin Pritchard (Zemfira) and Andrés Presno (A Lover)

Giselle Allen (Santuzza), Andrés Presno (Turiddu) and Anne-Marie Owens (Lucia)

Robert Hayward (Alfio)

Par Richard Wilcocks, 16 février 2024

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Critique faite à Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds, le 15 février 2024

Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana

Rachmaninov, Aleko (New production)

Opera North

Antony Hermus, Direction

Karolina Sofulak, Mise en scène

Charles Edwards, Décors, Lumières

Gabrielle Dalton, Costumes

Orchestra of Opera North

Chorus of Opera North

Giselle Allen, Santuzza

Andrés Presno, Turiddu, Young Gypsy

Robert Hayward, Alfio, Aleko

Anne-Marie Owens, Mamma Lucia, Gypsy woman

Elin Pritchard, Zemfira

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.

*****

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.

****1

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.

****1

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.

****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.

****1

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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.

Similarities and differences explored in Opera North's Cav and Aleko double bill