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Opera North
@Opera_North
Making Opera Vital | Based in Leeds, we tour the North and beyond | Find us over on @bluesky: bsky.app/profile/operan…
Leeds, England, UK
Joined March 2009
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    When you're out shopping... and hear THIS 😮 Soprano Anna Dennis with Mozart's famous 'Queen of the Night aria' @TrinityLeeds. #ONMagicFlute opens @GrandTheatreLS1 this week 👉bit.ly/MagicFlute2425
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    Replying to @weetabix and @HeinzUK
    Can't cope with this plot twist. Too much drama even for us...
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    Marching On Together! Celebrating our Orchestra’s first week back playing together- and we’ve heard there’s something else to celebrate in #Leeds this week... Huge congrats @LUFC #MOT #ALAW
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    Puccini's TURANDOT premiered #OnThisDay in 1926. To celebrate, here's Rafael Rojas with a special performance of the famous 'Nessun dorma' @TrinityLeeds (2017 – time flies!) Rafael returns in #ONAida, opening @LeedsTownHall next week...
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    Puccini, one of the greatest opera composers of all time, died #OnThisDay 100 years ago. Here's 'Nessun dorma' from his final opera Turandot, sung @TrinityLeeds by the very much missed Rafael Rojas (1963–2022) — a moment which has moved millions online over the past few years.
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    As a company, Opera North was established from @E_N_O more than 40 years ago in order to deliver opera across the North of England. We offer our support to our friends and colleagues there facing difficult funding news this week. (1/3)
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    Tickets on sale TODAY for @LITPMusical, featuring the Orchestra of Opera North, and starring @ReneeFleming and @DoveCameron: lightinthepiazzathemusical.com
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    Happy #PianoDay! Celebrating with this wonderful #WednesdayWisdom...
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    📽🎻 Presenting '2020: An Isolation Odyssey' The #Orchestra of Opera North were due to perform Strauss' 'Also Sprach Zarathustra' in their final two concerts, so here's the iconic opening, in isolation, from their homes... #OperaNorthAtHome Watch more » youtu.be/nt8FhIVmR8M
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    🥳🎂🥂 Happy 44th birthday to us! Opera North was launched — as ENON, a satellite of @E_N_O#OnThisDay in 1978, to deliver opera across the North of England. Our inaugural production was Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila.
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    🎂🎉🍾 4️⃣0️⃣ 🍾🎉🎂 Happy 40th Birthday to us! #OnThisDay in 1978, Opera North was launched. Keep your eyes peeled today for archive photos of the inaugural performance, and more... #OperaNorthAt40 What are your favourite Opera North memories?
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    #Leeds will not forget David Oluwale. Proud to host this plaque digitally at Opera North, along with so many others across the city.
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    🎻Together again! For the first time in four months, the full #Orchestra of Opera North is reunited 🤗 Here’s some socially-distanced Brahms @LeedsTownHall under @pickard_martin
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    NEWS: Announcing @laurafcanning as Opera North's new General Director & CEO, succeeding Richard Mantle OBE: "I am looking forward to working with this exceptional team to continue to bring the joy of opera to our communities"👇