Opera North has announced its repertoire for the year ahead as it celebrates the power of opera to tell captivating stories through some of the most exciting music ever written. The season will kick ...

Phyllida Lloyd‘s production of Peter Grimes in 2006 was widely regarded as definitive and Opera North has wisely built on this success – and the remarkable level of teamwork achieved – by keeping ...

This month is the 250 th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, and he is nobly served by this austere, finely played and sympathetically sung version of his only opera. The recent-ish Royal Opera ...

With Puccini's devastating take on passion and power, Janáček's bittersweet exploration of the cycle of life, and Strauss' playful look at what happens when tragedy and comedy collide on and off stage ...

Tim Albery’s austere yet associations-rich production returns to Opera North, with impressive company debuts from Maria Sanner and Lucie Chartin supported by some outstanding Handelians Leeds Grand ...

Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto is a fun concerto to watch – ignore the soloist, and you notice percussionists doing entertaining things with tambourines The more languorous passages in the second ...

Not that Stasevska fudged the introspective moments: the first dance’s tender reprise of a theme from Rachmaninov’s Symphony No 1 was incredibly affecting, as was the final dance’s haunting centre.

He's been behind some of the most striking costumes worn on stage in the north of England, but after more than four decades Stephen Rodwell is taking his final bow. When Opera North's head of costume ...