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United Kingdom Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus of Northern Ireland Opera, Ulster Orchestra / Rebecca Lang (conductor). Grand Opera House, Belfast, 10.9.2022. (RB)
United States Brett Dean, Hamlet: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Nicholas Carter (conductor), Broadcast Live in HD from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, to the Dundonald Omniplex, Belfast, 4.6.2022. (RB)
United Kingdom Various: Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble (David McCann [cello], Daniel Browell [piano], Aisling Agnew [flute], William Curran [clarinet], Keith Pascoe [violin]) / Sinead Hayes (conductor). Harty Room, Queens University, Belfast 20.5.2022. (RB)
United Kingdom Sondheim, Into the Woods: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Northern Ireland Opera / Peter Mitchell (conductor). Lyric Theatre, Belfast, 9.2.2022. (RB)
Northern Ireland Opera (NI Opera) announces its return to Belfast’s Lyric Theatre next February 2022 to stage Stephen Sondheim’s and James Lapine’s Into The Woods, one of the most iconic and popular shows in the musical theatre canon, richly laden with symbolism, magic and metaphor. (Sadly, Sondheim passed away recently and for Seen and Heard‘s tribute click here.)
United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Northern Ireland Opera / Rebecca Lang (conductor). Carlisle Memorial Church, Belfast, 18.9.2021. (RB)
Ireland Conor Mitchell’s The Musician: A Horror Opera for Children: Soloists, The Belfast Ensemble / Tom Brady (Conductor), Livestreamed from Belfast’s Lyric Theatre as part of 2021 Belfast Children’s Festival, 12.3.2021. (RB)
The Belfast Ensemble, in association with Young at Art, Belfast Children’s Festival present
The Musician: A Horror Opera for Children
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Streaming: Friday 12 March – Sunday 14 March, 7pm
Conor Mitchell’s darkly comic children’s opera retells a familiar story: ‘who was the Pied Piper? and ‘Why did the rats all dance to his tune?’ This world premiere from the award-winning Belfast Ensemble (click here) brings opera home to Northern Ireland. Musically extraordinary, this cautionary tale explores themes of nature, nurture and just desserts!