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John Leeman

Clayton and Lewis are a Powerful Partnership in  Die schöne Müllerin

30/04/201527/04/2015 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Schubert: Allan Clayton (tenor), Paul Lewis (piano). Howard Assembly Rooms, Leeds, 24.4.2015 (JL)

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Impactful New Poppea from Opera North with Sex, Gore and Fine Singing

22/10/201406/10/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Monteverdi: The Coronation of Poppea, Opera North, Laurence Cummings (director/keyboard), Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds, 4.10.14 (JL)

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York Festival  Provides Sublime Setting for Renaissance Masterpieces 

22/07/201420/07/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Victoria, Guerrero, Esquivel: The Cardinall’s Musick/Andrew Carwood (director), York Minster, York 17.7.2014 (JL)

Minster pic
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Opera North’s Ring Concludes Apocalyptically with Triumphant Götterdämmerung

25/06/201416/06/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Richard Farnes, (conductor), Leeds Town Hall, Leeds, 14.6.2014 (JL)

Gotterdammerung Photo Credit Opera North
Gotterdammerung
Photo Credit Opera North

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Opera North’s Never Failing La Bohème

13/05/201403/05/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Puccini,  La Bohème: Soloists, Chorus  and Orchestra of Opera North / Andrea Delfs (conductor), Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds  29.4.2014 (JL)

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Opera North Ratchets Up Tension in Macbeth Revival

10/02/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited KingdomVerdi, Macbeth: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North/Tobias Ringborg(conductor), Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds 7.2.2014 (JL)

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Opera North Strikes Gold in Puccini’s West.

29/01/201422/01/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Puccini, La fanciulla del West: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North/Richard Farnes (conductor), Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds 21.1.2014 (JL)

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Opera North Pays Tribute to Britten with Death in Venice

22/10/201322/10/2013 by Stan

 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Britten, Death in Venice:  Soloists, Dancers, Actors, Orchestra of Opera North, Richard Farnes (conductor), Grand Theatre, Leeds, 19.10.2013 (JL)

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