Tag: Opera North
Opera North’s The Turn of the Screw at The Lowry Manchester Review
Reviewed by Ann Durrell
The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror story by Henry
James, both gothic fiction...
Opera North’s La Boheme at The Lowry Manchester Review
Reviewed by Ann Durrell
Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème is one of the most popular and
most frequently performed across the...
Opera North La Boheme at the Theatre Royal Nottingham Review
Reviewed by Nigel Chester
It’s always a pleasure to be attending the Theatre Royal in Nottingham,
a great theatre with...
Opera North’s Aida at The Bridgewater Hall Manchester Review
Reviewed by Ann Durrell
Aida is the latest in Opera North's strand of large-scale
works presented in concert staging and...
Opera North’s The Magic Flute at The Lowry, Manchester Review
Reviewed by Ann Durrell
The Magic Flute is for all intents and purposes a Viennese pantomime or fairy tale, a comedic tale of good vs evil. The...
Opera North’s The Merry Widow at The Lowry Manchester Review
Reviewed by Ann Durrell
The Merry Widow is an operetta by Franz Lehár which premiered in 1905 in Vienna. Hanna Glawari is a young wealthy widow...
Opera North’s Tosca at The Lowry Manchester Review
Reviewed by Rosemary Knight
Yesterday evening I was delighted to have the opportunity to visit The Lowry theatre in Salford Quays, Manchester to watch Puccini's...
Opera North The Merry Widow at the Theatre Royal Nottingham Review
Reviewed by Nigel Chester
What I know about opera, can be written on the back of a postage stamp in wax crayon, so, I was...
Opera North’s Un ballo in maschera at The Lowry Review
Reviewed by Anne Durrell
Giuseppe Verdi ‘s Un ballo in maschera is an opera in three acts inspired by the assassination in 1792 of King...
Opera North’s Madama Butterfly at The Lowry Manchester Review
Reviewed by Lucy Gwilliam
On Tuesday evening (6 March 2018) I went with my husband to The Lowry theatre in Salford Quays, Manchester to watch...
