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In this special episode of the Opera North Podcast, recorded in the Howard Assembly Room in February 2022, Nazir Afzal OBE expands on his critically-acclaimed memoir, The Prosecutor, looking back on his his childhood and some watershed moments over the course of his illustrious career. Nazir Afzal OBE was Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West Engla…
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Follow cellist and composer Abel Selaocoe and his collaborators through the rehearsal and recording of As You Are, his soundwalk for Leeds. Experienced through headphones on a 40-minute walk through central Leeds, As You Are is a major Opera North commission for the South African-born musician, and sees him joined by the Orchestra and Chorus of Ope…
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As he prepared to bid farewell to the Company with our concert staging of Parsifal in summer 2022, Leader of the Orchestra of Opera North David Greed sat down with Music Director Garry Walker to reflect on his record-breaking career, the role of a concertmaster, and some personal highlights of his 44 years on the job. With excerpts from performance…
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Director Neil Bartlett discusses the wonderful extremes in Tchaikovsky's score, the differences between Pushkin's novel and Tchaikovsky's opera, the challenges of translating the libretto from Russian into English, the differences between working with opera singers and actors, his favourite musical moment, the look and feel of his production, the c…
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In a conversation recorded in 2010, director Jo Davies and conductor John Wilson talk to writer and broadcaster Edward Seckerson about cunning disguises, dastardly deeds, and an abundance of cracking good tunes, in Opera North's first G&S production for 20 years.Door Opera North
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Opera North's Editor Stuart Leeks discusses the first part of Wagner's epic Ring cycle with Chorus and Orchestra Director and Concerts Director, Dougie Scarfe. From the beauty and majesty created by the sheer scale of a Wagnerian orchestra through to what performing an opera as a 'staged concert' actually means this podcast will prepare you to expe…
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