Of Parisian taxis and fairy tales

By Julia Zupancic, 13 April 2015

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Reviewed at Leeds Town Hall, Leeds on 11 April 2015

Gershwin, An American in Paris

Shostakovich, Piano Concerto no. 1 in C minor for piano, trumpet and string orchestra, Op.35

Ravel, Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose): Suite

Stravinsky, The Firebird: Suite

Orchestra of Opera North

Kees Bakels, Conductor

Federico Colli, Piano

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

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

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Julia Zupancic

Julia is a PhD student at the University of Munich who is currently based in Leeds as a Visiting Researcher. She loves writing about music (e.g. in her blog http://avantmusic.hypotheses.org) and playing the piano, and she has a keen interest in aesthetics and contemporary music.

Of Parisian taxis and fairy tales: The Orchestra of Opera North at Leeds Town Hall