SINCE 1999 A LIVE REVIEW SITE FOR OPERA, BALLET, CONCERTS, BROADCASTS, AND THEATRE
Robert Beattie in conversation with Cameron Menzies, Artistic Director of Northern Ireland Opera, and baritone Yuriy Yurchuk I have been reviewing Northern Ireland Opera’s productions for some years (links to some of my reviews can be found here). I have been struck both by the very high quality and infinite variety of their productions. They … Read more
Philip Glass and Robert Moran’s The Juniper Tree: Soloists, Chorus and Instrumentalists, Northern Ireland Opera / Frasier Hickland (conductor). Grand Opera House Studio, Belfast, 24.2.2024. (RB)
NORTHERN IRELAND OPERA PRESENTS TOSCA at The Grand Opera House Belfast, September 2023 Directed by Cameron Menzies Conducted by Eduardo Strausser Performance by NI Opera and the Ulster Orchestra 9, 12, 14, 16 September, 7.30pm, Grand Opera House, Belfast
Poulenc, La voix humaine: Mary McCabe (soprano), David Quigley (piano), Cameron Menzies (director), Linda Britten (gown design). Throne Room, Hillsborough Castle, Hillsborough, 11.2.2023. (RB)
Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus of Northern Ireland Opera, Ulster Orchestra / Rebecca Lang (conductor). Grand Opera House, Belfast, 10.9.2022. (RB)
Sondheim, Into the Woods: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Northern Ireland Opera / Peter Mitchell (conductor). Lyric Theatre, Belfast, 9.2.2022. (RB)
Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Northern Ireland Opera / Rebecca Lang (conductor). Carlisle Memorial Church, Belfast, 18.9.2021. (RB)
Cole Porter, Kiss Me, Kate: Cast, Chorus and Orchestra of Northern Ireland Opera / Conor Mitchell (conductor). Lyric Theatre, Belfast, 5.2.2020. (RB)