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Murder on the dance floor: an underwhelming Masked Ball from Opera North

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Mark Pullinger

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera ** Opera North, Leeds Grand Theatre, 3rd February 2018 If you had received an invitation to a masked ball at which there turned out to be no masks and no dancing, it’s understandable you’d feel … Continue reading →

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Love in a cold climate: rare Rimsky-Korsakov opera revived by Opera North

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Mark Pullinger

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden *** Opera North, Grand Theatre, Leeds, 21st January 2017 Always winter, never spring. No, not Narnia, but The Snow Maiden, Alexander Ostrovsky’s 1873 fairy tale, rooted in Russian folklore, in which Snegurochka, daughter of Father Frost … Continue reading →

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