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Songs of innocence and experience: Falstaff at Garsington
Bruno Ravella's fast-paced Falstaff for Garsington still has crucial space for pathos amid the comedy, with a notably subtle central performance from Henry Waddington.
Entertaining but not entrancing: Turnage's Coraline
Mark-Anthony Turnage's take on Neil Gaiman's classic young adult novella is well sung and well staged, without quite reaching peak intensity.
Testé, Spyres and Pudova stand out in Hoffmann
Offenbach's vivid setting of E.T.A. Hoffmann's fantastic tales gets an enjoyable outing, with Spyres, Testé and Pudova the undoubted stars of the show.
Cenerentola provides plenty of comedy and revels
La Cenerentola is the final component of Opera North's fairytale season, with every voice and every character getting a chance to revel in Rossini's intricate ornamentation.
A real feast: Opera North's Hansel and Gretel
Opera North's Hansel and Gretel at the Grand Theatre Leeds, directed by Edward Dick, is witty and perceptive, with some insights provide by Freudian psychanalysis
Snowflakes and sunflowers in Leeds
Opera North's new production of The Snow Maiden is the first professional staging in the UK for over 60 years, although the magic is intermittent
