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‘Opera needs to attract good writers and tell better stories’: four experts on how opera can survive, thrive and reach new audiences

Earlier this month, former English National Opera artistic director John Berry said opera in the UK needed to “attract good writers and tell better stories” that could tap into the zeitgeist, making the art form more contemporary and accessible. But is this kind of approach enough to capture the attention…

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Pass the Spoon review – David Shrigley serves up a macabre kitchen opera

A TV cookery star becomes the main course, while doomed vegetables and a depressive egg create havoc, in this darkly comic show by the Scottish artist and composer David Fennessy at Opera North

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Ian Judge obituary

Theatre and opera director whose work stretched from Gilbert and Sullivan to Shakespeare

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Susanna review – Opera North’s arresting take on Handel’s proto-#MeToo tale

Dance, sign language, outstanding singing and precise orchestral playing all illuminate this powerful tale of gendered violence and abuses of power

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Così Fan Tutte review – country house remix offers fresh farce and energy

Misogynist Don Alfonso is at the centre of things in this opera-within-an-opera benefiting from a witty translation into English, formidable arias and scene-stealing acting

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Simon Boccanegra review – Opera North’s staging of Verdi’s knotty score is a brooding triumph

The Leeds-based company stages Verdi’s dense political drama with a no-frills set-up that sees a stand-out performance from debut soprano Sara Cortolezzis

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The Magic Flute review – humour, colour and plenty of drama in Opera North’s kooky take

A lively revival of James Brining’s occasionally enigmatic staging sees Soraya Mafi make an exceptional role debut as a tenacious and principled Pamina

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The week in classical: The Flying Dutchman; LSO/Harding, Trifonov; The Marriage of Figaro – review

Grand Theatre Leeds; Barbican; Coliseum, LondonAs funding cuts start to bite, Opera North’s forces pull together in an asylum-themed take on Wagner

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The Flying Dutchman review – Opera North production draws small boats into Wagner’s tale

Annabel Arden’s introduction of refugees is thought-provoking and moving, while seasoned performances keep the metaphorical ships on course

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Love Life review – surreal Kurt Weill musical skips through the decades with flair

This time-hopping oddity rarely gets an outing, but Opera North’s jazzy large-scale production makes the most of its vaudeville glitz

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The Magic Flute review – Opera North inject colour into Mozart’s black-and-white world

Expert casting and striking design bring out the opera’s sense of fun, helped by the magnetism of the two female leads

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My Fair Lady review – an abso-bloomin’-lutely loverly musical

Opera North brings shimmering music to this gorgeous and crisply choreographed co-production, which preserves Shaw’s critique of the British class system

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My Fair Lady review – comedy and chemistry light up Opera North’s musical-theatre triumph

Katie Bird is an irresistible Eliza Doolittle in this inspired show, which takes its interrogation of social mobility seriously but with a sparkling lightness of touch

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The week in classical: Cavalleria rusticana/Aleko; Bath BachFest review – passion and penitence

Opera North pairs Mascagni’s masterpiece with teenage Rachmaninov in a potent double bill. Plus, well-tuned extremes from Tenebrae and a blizzard of notes with Mahan Esfahani

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Cavalleria Rusticana/Aleko review – an electrifying double-bill from Opera North

Setting Mascagni’s one-act opera amid the unease of 70s communist Poland, and moving Rachmaninoff’s to a colourful 90s surfing commune, the company does them both delectable justice

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Albert Herring review – Opera North’s glorious glimpse of village politics

Britten’s comedy about an unworldly young man’s fall from grace is slickly staged and delightfully played, with every singer making their mark

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The week in classical: Cavalleria rusticana/ Pagliacci; OAE/ Suzuki: Christmas Oratorio; The Sixteen: Messiah – review

Hot-blooded double bill Cav and Pag hits home in a fine Royal Opera revival, while the OAE and the Sixteen thrill in seasonal Bach and Handel. Plus, the human cost of ENO’s move to Manchester

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‘This could be really interesting’: Manchester and English National Opera may yet suit each other

London’s loss will be Manchester’s gain as the opera company announces it is to create a base in the thriving cultural centre

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English National Opera announces Greater Manchester will be its new home

The company, which had a shortlist of five cities, had been told funding was dependent on leaving London

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It’s not just opera – all performing arts need better support for touring productions

Letters: Jodi Myers on the gaps left by the demise of the Arts Council Touring department. Plus Nicholas Reckert and Jane Harvey on modern opera

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The week in classical: La rondine; La traviata review – rapture and raw power

Puccini’s flighty swallow soars in James Hurley’s gorgeous new production for Opera North. And Nicole Chevalier is devastating as the doomed Violetta in ENO’s impassioned revival of no-frills Verdi

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La Rondine review – Opera North’s stylish Puccini is opulent and tender

Set in the 1920s, James Hurley’s staging – the third of the company’s Green Season – is blessed with perfectly mismatched lovers. Under conductor Kerem Hasan the score sighs and swoons

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The week in classical: Falstaff; Hatfield House chamber music festival – review

Verdi’s late masterpiece ends on a riotous and sustainable high at Opera North. At the childhood home of Elizabeth I, a family affair and a memorable premiere

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On my radar: Lesley Sharp’s cultural highlights

The actor on her love of dance, the reality TV series Below Deck and what helps her to write

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The week in classical: Requiem; Jerusalem Quartet review – another five-star fusion from Opera North

Sorrowful Mozart meets unstoppable Neo Muyanga in an inspired double bill from Opera North and Phoenix Dance Theatre. Plus, the sounds of Yiddish cabaret…

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