United Kingdom Schubert: Henk Neven (baritone), Joseph Middleton (piano). Leeds College of Music, Leeds. 21.4.2017. (CF)
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Leeds Lieder Announces Seventh Festival of Song for April
Leeds Lieder Announces Seventh Festival of Song
Friday 21st – Sunday 23rd April 2017: “Songs of Travel”
Supported by Arts Council England, Leeds Lieder – ‘one of the most exuberant and far-reaching festivals of art-song in the UK The Times – is delighted to announce details of its seventh Festival, under the Artistic Directorship of pianist Joseph Middleton.
Opera North Unleashes a ‘Floodtide of Fantasy’ in New Production of Cinderella
United Kingdom Rossini, Cinderella: Soloists and Chorus of Opera North / Wynn Davies (conductor), Grand Theatre, Leeds. 16.2.2017. (JL)
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Innovative tricks in Opera North’s New, Musically Distinguished Hansel and Gretel
United Kingdom Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel: Soloists and Chorus of Opera North / Christophe Altstaedt, Grand Theatre, Leeds. 2.2.2017. (JL)
Spectacular effects from Opera North in supporting a flawed musical drama
United Kingdom Rimsky-Korsakov, The Snow Maiden: Soloists and Chorus of Opera North/Leo McFall, Grand Theatre, Leeds, 21.1.2017. (JL)
Connolly Provides a Real Buzz at the Launch of the 2017 Leeds Lieder Festival
United Kingdom Schumann, Ravel, Ireland, Gurney, Britten: Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) and Joseph Middleton (pianist), Howard Assembly Rooms, Leeds, 26.11.2016. (CF)
All-round Excellence from Opera North in new Billy Budd
United Kingdom Britten, Billy Budd: Soloists and Chorus of Opera North / Garry Walker (conductor), Grand Theatre, Leeds, 21.10.2016. (JL)
Emotionally Powerful Puccini Double Bill from Opera North
United Kingdom Puccini: Il Tabarro and Suor Angelica, Orchestra and soloists of Opera North, Jac van Steen (conductor), Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds, 1.10.2016. (JL)
