It's grim up North: a heartbreaking Katya Kabanova in Leeds

By David Karlin, 03 February 2019

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“At each stage, Corley made us feel that Katya’s actions were inevitable”

Reviewed at Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds on 2 February 2019

Janáček, Kátya Kabanová

Opera North

Sian Edwards, Conductor

Tim Albery, Director

Hildegard Bechtler, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Stephanie Corley, Kátya

Heather Shipp, Kabanicha

Harold Meers, Boris

Andrew Kennedy, Tichon

Stephen Richardson, Dikój

Alexander Sprague, Kudrjaš

Katie Bray, Varvara

Nicholas Butterfield, Kuligin

Rachel Mosley, Fekluša

Laura Kelly-McInroy, Glaša

Orchestra of Opera North

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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.