| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 31-Jan-2013 Leeds Grand Theatre | A new production of Clemenza di Tito from John Fulljames and Opera North |
 This new production of Mozart’s final, and often overlooked, opera from John Fulljames and Opera North is neither a period piece nor a straightforward translation into our own time. Instead, it inhabits it own dark and austere world created by set designer Conor Murphy and Finn Ross, whose stylish abstract projections incorporate elements of government buildings both ancient and modern. The Emperor and his advisors, dressed all in black, are presented as gloomy goths, the only colour being provided by the love of Tito’s life, Berenice.Read full review... | |
| 14-Jan-2012 Leeds Grand Theatre | Opera North's Giulio Cesare is a sparkling success |
, Andrew Squires (Slave), Sarah Tynan (Cleopatra). Photo by Trisram Kenton.jpg) The Roman emperor Julius Caesar’s entanglement with the Egyptian queen Cleopatra is one of the best-known love stories of all time, and the operatic re-telling by George Frideric Handel, with its incredible music and universal themes of war, passion and politics, is experiencing a resurgence. In 2005, Glyndebourne mounted an award-winning production of the opera which they revived to great acclaim just four years later, and now Opera North have created an exciting new Giulio Cesare: their first staging of a Handel opera in more than ten years.
Read full review... | |
| 5-Oct-2011 The London Coliseum | A feminist Figaro |
 What’s the connection between Harry Potter and Mozart? Fiona Shaw is perhaps best known these days as the boy wizard’s Aunt Petunia – or our greatest classical actress for those with longer memories. But for the past few years she’s been quietly building herself a reputation as an opera director, starting with the well-received but obscure Elegy for Young Lovers and Riders to the Sea for English National Opera. Now she’s tackling a cornerstone of the repertoire, Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro.
Read full review... | |
