The singing is splendid but the seemingly clever idea to shift the action to the late 20th century doesn’t quite land ...

Take advantage of the offers ahead of the company’s 2026 season as the perfect stocking filler for first-time enthusiasts. Opera North have revealed their Christmas 2025 events, taking place in the ...

Opera companies these days are faced with a near-insoluble problem: neglect new work and opera becomes art in a museum, stage too many new operas as main house productions and you risk financial ...

Set in the 1920s, James Hurley’s staging – the third of the company’s Green Season – is blessed with perfectly mismatched lovers. Under conductor Kerem Hasan the score sighs and swoons Puccini’s La ...

Lwazi Dlamini, as Dandini, third from left, sings at the head of the quartet of, from left, Henry Malueg Samuel Rachmuth, Keaton Brown and Zhihui Pang, and William Dopp, as Magnifico, background, ...

Summerfest 2024 marks Opera North's 42nd season and a decade's investment in its journey to create a national park for the arts with the National Park Service at Blow-Me-Down Farm. Returning ...

If you go down to Opera North today, you could bag yourself an operatic bargain for as little as £1 – anything from an astronaut’s suit to a panda costume. For the next two days, hundreds of costumes ...

Henry Waddington relishes every moment as the blustering Sir John in a sustainably staged production of Verdi’s final opera, played and performed with an unfailing sense of humour As the ...

Opera Magazine editor John Allison describes the results as “transformative”. During term-time, Opera North teaches some 3,000 children to sing and play instruments (a scheme whose funding the Arts ...

Ringing and delicate, tender and pure: John Findon (right) as Peter Grimes with James Creswell as Swallow and members of the Chorus of Opera North in Peter Grimes In its first appearance, the ...

Singing out loud and proud: Opera North shows Yorkshire Runs on Heroes.