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

John Findon (Peter Grimes)

John Findon (Peter Grimes) and Toby Dray (John)

Philippa Boyle (Ellen Orford) and Simon Bailey (Captain Balstrode)

The cast and Chorus of Opera North

Par Richard Wilcocks, 15 février 2026

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Critique faite à Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds, le 13 février 2026

Britten, Peter Grimes

Opera North

Garry Walker, Direction

Phyllida Lloyd, Mise en scène

Anthony Ward, Décors, Costumes

Paule Constable, Lumières

Orchestra of Opera North

Karolina Sofulak, Revival Director

Tim Claydon, Revival Director

John Findon, Peter Grimes

Philippa Boyle, Ellen Orford

Simon Bailey, Captain Balstrode

Hilary Summers, Auntie

Stuart Jackson, Bob Boles

Blaise Malaba, Hobson

Claire Pascoe, Mrs Sedley

Nazan Fikret, First Niece

Ava Dodd, Second Niece

Daniel Norman, Rev Horace Adams

Johannes Moore, Ned Keene

James Creswell, Swallow

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.

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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.