Manchester’s RNCM set to open 50th anniversary celebrations with Die Fledermaus
Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music is opening its 50th anniversary year of celebrations with performances of Johann Strauss II’s opera Die Fledermaus.
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Two rescue greyhounds to feature in Rigoletto at Manchester Opera House
Two rescue greyhounds from the Mersey and Cheshire Manchester Branch of The Greyhound Trust will take to the stage during Ellen Kent’s production of Rigoletto at Manchester Opera House. Producer Ellen has long been a campaigner for animal welfare, and after talking to a representative from a local greyhound charity and hearing how these beautiful…
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RNCM Opera bringing Hansel and Gretel to Manchester
Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) brings Humperdinck’s opera Hansel and Gretel to the backstreets of Manchester this spring. The RNCM turns the clock back to the 1890s for this production of the Brothers Grimm tale, where a young brother and sister run away from their poor hunger-stricken home, to the lamp lit streets…
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Previewed: Festival One – three days of operas
Manchester Opera Project, who are dedicated to commissioning and developing new opera, present their brand new Festival One over the next few days. Festival One is the first festival of operatic works specifically commissioned for Manchester by a Manchester organization. The three day festival includes three premieres of Manchester Opera Project commissioned monodramas by composers Ailís…
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RNCM to present Handel’s Theodora
RNCM staging first oratorio Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music is to stage an oratorio for the first time as RNCM Opera presents Handel’s Theodora. Theodora is widely recognised as one of Handel’s masterpieces. The story, in English, recounts the tender love and eventual martyrdom of Theodora, a young Christian woman, and her Roman lover,…
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Previewed: La Vie Parisienne at the Royal Northern College of Music
RNCM Opera to present Offenbach’s work The glitz and glamour of Paris comes to Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music in the run up to Christmas as the RNCM Opera presents Offenbach’s La Vie Parisienne featuring students from the School of Vocal Studies and Opera. The production is directed by Stuart Barker, Director of Training…
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Previewed: La Boheme at Manchester Opera House
Renowned opera producer Ellen Kent returns to Manchester with her latest production, Puccini’s La Boheme. La Boheme will be traditionally staged featuring beautiful sets and costumes, reflecting the Bohemian art of the period, and will include a brass band, snow effects and Musetta’s dog will also make an entrance. Puccini’s masterpiece, which is based on…
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Previewed: The Devil Inside at the RNCM
Chilling new opera inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s tale of greed and compulsion A chilling tale of greed and compulsion by Robert Louis Stevenson gets the operatic treatment from composer Stuart MacRae and novelist Louise Welsh. The Devil Inside, their new work, jointly commissioned by Scottish Opera and Music Theatre Wales, is a contemporary reading…
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Previewed: Bizet’s Carmen at Manchester Opera House
Carmen is the story of the bewitching gypsy girl whose tantalising beauty lures a soldier to desertion and leads to her own murder. Stunning international mezzo-soprano Zarui Vardanean who received critical acclaim for performances of Carmen in 2013 and Aida in 2014, together with Liza Kadelnik will sing the title role of Carmen. The role…
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In Interview: Opera Producer Ellen Kent
As the award-winning opera producer brings tours of Bizet’s Carmen and Puccini’s Tosca to Manchester, Ellen Kent gives her thoughts on opera production, touring and working with local stage schools: YOU HAVE BEEN PRODUCING ACCLAIMED OPERAS FOR ALMOST 25 YEARS, THAT’S AN INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT. I had a hugely creative and colourful childhood which played a…
