Phyllida Lloyd‘s production of Peter Grimes in 2006 was widely regarded as definitive and Opera North has wisely built on this success – and the remarkable level of teamwork achieved – by keeping ...

Opera North today announces a year of cultural encounters and myths retold, in eight productions for its 2022-23 season. The season begins in September 2022 with a revival of Alessandro Talevi's well ...

Challenging artists and scientists to collaborate on new approaches to the creative process, the £15,000 DARE Art Prize 2022/23, awarded by the University of Leeds and Opera North, is open for ...

Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto is a fun concerto to watch – ignore the soloist, and you notice percussionists doing entertaining things with tambourines The more languorous passages in the second ...

Not that Stasevska fudged the introspective moments: the first dance’s tender reprise of a theme from Rachmaninov’s Symphony No 1 was incredibly affecting, as was the final dance’s haunting centre.

He's been behind some of the most striking costumes worn on stage in the north of England, but after more than four decades Stephen Rodwell is taking his final bow. When Opera North's head of costume ...