Review – Opera North’s The Flying Dutchman: at Leeds Grand Theatre 8, 11, 14 and 21 February
” … (the sea) … now as a fathomless abyss, now as a steep mountain peak … filled me with mortal dread.” Wagner’s experience of a protracted and terrifying sea crossing in 1839, from Riga to London,remained a mind-etching memory in the intervening two years before he began to compose hisfourth opera, Der Fliegende Holländer. […]
Opera North Revives Love Life – Leeds Living Reviews
Opera North’s revival of Love Life, with music by Kurt Weill and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, treated the audience to a reflection on American history and music whilst giving us insight into the development of musicals. Described as the first concept musical, this show provides the link between earlier narrative-driven Rogers and Hammerstein musicals […]
The Man Who Paints Football: Elland Road – Celebrated by Paul Town
Leeds United’s Elland Road home is one of a number of Britain’s iconic football grounds – past and present – celebrated in Yorkshire artist Paul Town’s first book, The Man Who Paints Football. The richly-illustrated book features over 100 artworks inspired by football clubs’ homes and scenes from ‘the beautiful game’ recreated by Town. Featuring […]
Northern Lights Earns Rave Reviews
Yorkshire’s newest festive spectacular attracted over 100,000 visitors during its 5 week run at Leeds’ iconic Temple Newsam. The brand-new light trail took visitors on a jaw-dropping journey through a spectrum of illuminations, accompanied by unique musical compositions that transformed the grounds of the Grade I-listed gardens of the beloved landmark. A one-mile paved walk […]
Reviewed – Northern Ballet’s A Christmas Carol: at Leeds Grand Theatre Until 4 January
Seated in the stalls of Leeds Grand Theatre, I watched falling snow projected onto a screen and a Christmas Tree twinkling upstage. The scene is set; it’s time for A Christmas Carol. Music, dance and storytelling come together in this sensory tale, when miserable Ebenezer Scrooge is forced to remember the true meaning of Christmas […]
