Street Scene, presented by Opera North at the Grand Theatre, Leeds and Touring until 20 March 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Kurt Weill originally conceived Street Scene as a piece that would integrate grand opera with Broadway, using a number of musical styles. Sadly, the resulting hybrid fails to hit this ambitious […]
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Carousel – Opera North – Grand Theatre, Leeds and Touring
Carousel, an Opera North production, continues at the Grand Theatre, Leeds until 23 May, and then tours to Norwich, Edinburgh and Dublin. Star rating: 5 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Music can conjure up some strange associations. ‘The Carousel Waltz’, for example, the eccentric overture to this show, immediately takes me back to the 1960s and the Sunday afternoon radio programme ‘Movie-Go-Round’. […]
