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Salford Quays

Two Rarely Heard Ravel and Janáček Operas get Masterful Opera North Productions

28/11/201720/11/2017 by Robert Farr

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ravel and Janáček: Soloists, Chorus, and Orchestra of Opera North / Martin André (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 16.11.2017. (RJF)

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Opera North’s L’enfant et les sortileges

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Good Singing Redeems Two Disappointing Cav & Pag Opera North Stagings

23/11/201717/11/2017 by Robert Farr

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Leoncavallo & Mascagni: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Tobias Ringborg (conductor). The Lowry, Theatre, Salford Quays. 15.11.2017. (RJF)

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From Consonance to Atonality and Back in Four Viennese Steps

09/11/201704/11/2017 by Rob Barnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schoenberg, Webern, Berg, Marx: Claire Booth (soprano), BBC Philharmonic / Simone Young (conductor). BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, 1.11.2017. (RBa)

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BBC Philharmonic’s Afternoon Tonal Silk and Satin in Salford Quays

02/11/201729/10/2017 by Rob Barnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Delius, Beethoven, Sibelius: Pavel Kolesnikov (piano), BBC Philharmonic / Rory Macdonald (conductor), BBC Philharmonic Studio. MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, 27.10.2017. (RBa)

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German Adventures—Romance and Conflict

04/07/201729/06/2017 by Rob Barnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Strauss, Wagner, Weill: Jennifer Johnston (mezzo), BBC Philharmonic / Martyn Brabbins (conductor), BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, 28.6.2017. (RBa)

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John Wilson Gives Rare Copland An Even Rarer Hearing

22/06/201715/06/2017 by Rob Barnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Copland: BBC Philharmonic / John Wilson (conductor). BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, 14.6.2017. (RBa)

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A Well-Sung and Acted Performance of La Cenerentola at Opera North

18/03/201713/03/2017 by Robert Farr

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rossini, La Cenerentola: Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North/Wyn Daview (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays, 9.3.2017.  (RJF)

'La Cenerentola' (c) Richard Hubert Smith
La Cenerentola (c) Richard Hubert Smith

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Opera North Concludes Its Trio of Fairy Tale Operas with a Fine Production of Snow Maiden

19/03/201713/03/2017 by Robert Farr

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rimsky-Korsakov, Snow Maiden (sung in English): Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Leo McFall (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays, 10.3.2017. (RJF)

Snow Maiden (c) Richard Hubert Smith.
Snow Maiden (c) Richard Hubert Smith.

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