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Newcastle upon TyneRigoletto
Verdi: Rigoletto
Patrick Lange; Femi Elufowoju Jr; Opera North; Rae Smith; Howard Hudson; Orchestra of Opera North
Newcastle upon TyneEugene OneginNew production
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Garry Walker; Patrick Nolan; Opera North; Leslie Travers; Elizabeth Gadsby; Malcolm Rippeth; Orchestra of Opera North
Newcastle upon TyneDon Giovanni
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Chloe Rooke; Alessandro Talevi; Opera North; Madeleine Boyd; Matthew Haskins; Orchestra of Opera North
Newcastle upon TyneDead Man Walking
Heggie: Dead Man Walking
Ben Glassberg; Annilese Miskimmon; Opera North; Alex Eales; Evie Gurney; DM Wood; Orchestra of Opera North
Newcastle upon TyneThe Car Man – Matthew Bourne's New Adventures
Davies: The Car Man
Sir Matthew Bourne; New Adventures; Lez Brotherston; Chris Davey
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Opera North's dazzling Queen of Spades is full of Russian passion
Queen of Spades began life as a sharp little ghost story by Alexander Pushkin, quite different in tone and spirit from the melodramatic adaptation by Modest Tchaikovsky, who wrote the libretto for his composer brother.
Opera North's Carmen - still the same story
The story of Carmen is a tale of people at the bottom of the heap; factory workers, gypsies, bullfighters, ordinary soldiers, yet the romance of Spain and Bizet’s exuberant and unforgettable tunes have combined to give us a prettified, glamorous idea of Carmen, full of flamenco costumes, castanets, handsome toreadors and none of the rough edges.