Saturday 24 May saw the unveiling of Kevin Malone’s opera Mysterious 44, the debut performance from the Manchester Opera Project, the collaborative scheme developed by Emily Cobley to give composers an opportunity to see their work in development, providing space, time and talent to the development of new operas. Taking place in the wonderful Halle…
Tuesday 27 May 2014 Royal Northern College of Music : The Op31era Scenes performances continue in this free show as RNCM students of vocal studies and opera perform excerpts from a variety of operas. Further shows take place on Thursday 29 May, and 6 and 13 June. Free admission, but ticket required. Royal Northern College…
Manchester Opera Project is set to showcase its first project – Mysterious 44. The Opera is based on a Mark Twain story and tells of the effect a mysterious stranger has on the lives of three boys in Eseldorf, a small village in medieval Austria, over a period of one week. Set in 1490 we…
Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music is set to perform its first musical theatre piece in 14 years with Stephen Sondheim’s musical comedy, Company. The last musical theatre piece presented by the RNCM was also a Sondheim work – Into the Woods. The production is set to run from Wednesday 25th June until Friday 4th July…
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece Swan Lake tells the story of Odette, the Princess turned into a swan by a curse cast by Von Rothbart, only able to regain her human form at night. Of course, like all good tales, the curse may be broken if Odette finds love with a young man who will remain…
