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Opera on Location ‘The Prodigal Son’ Review

Opera on Location: The Prodigal Son Kelham Island Museum Courtyard | August 2021 After a successful digital performance of Cinderella in Christmas 2020, the people of South Yorkshire were no doubt thrilled to hear the news that Opera on Location were planning a live opera in Summer 2021. Featuring a 10-strong ensemble plus Read more…

By Alex Burns, 4 years ago
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Opera on Location ‘Cinderella’ Review: December 2020

Opera on Location: Cinderella  December 2020 2020 has seen many arts organisations wildly adapt their output so they can still engage their loyal audiences. Opera on Location are no exception, with their much-anticipated digital production of Cinderella premiering on Thursday 17th December. The production sees Director Ashley Pearson and Musical Read more…

By Alex Burns, 4 years4 years ago
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Orchestre National de Lille Concert Review: Sheffield

Orchestre National de Lille Sheffield International Concert Season Friday 31st January 2020 Sheffield City Hall Programme RAVEL Mother Goose Suite  DEBUSSY Images: Ibéria  BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.4 RAVEL La Valse   How pertinent it was having the Orchestre National de Lille in the Steel City on the dreaded ‘Brexit Day’. Read more…

By Alex Burns, 5 years ago
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Royal Northern Sinfonia Beethoven 2020: The Next Generation

Royal Northern Sinfonia: Beethoven 2020 The Royal Northern Sinfonia, in partnership with Middlesbrough Town Hall are celebrating Beethoven’s 250th Anniversary. Over a period of 11 months, starting on the 23rd January, the acclaimed orchestra will pay tribute to the composer by performing each of his 9 symphonies over the course Read more…

By Alex Burns, 5 years5 years ago
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Opera on Location ‘La Traviata’ Review August 2019

Opera on Location: La Traviata Waterstones, Orchard Square, Sheffield, August 23rd 2019 Another summer comes round and that means one thing for us opera lovers – Opera on Location offer another unique production of a well-loved opera. After last year’s outstanding production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, the talented Sheffield-based opera Read more…

By Alex Burns, 6 years4 years ago
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Benjamin Grosvenor at Music in the Round Review October 2019

Benjamin Grosvenor at Music in the Round Friday 18th October, Upper Chapel Sheffield Programme SCHUMANN Blumenstück in D flat Op.19 SCHUMANN Kreisleriana Op.16 JANÁČEK 1.X.1905 From the Street PROKOFIEV Visions Fugitives Op.22 LISZT Réminiscences de Norma de Bellini Grande Fantasie   It’s not been long since Benjamin Grosvenor perform in Read more…

By Alex Burns, 6 years5 years ago
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Opera on Location: ‘Don Giovanni’ Review

Opera on Location: Don Giovanni Review Eagle Works August 2018 Very rarely do I find myself near enough speechless at the end of a concert or production, but Opera on Location‘s production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni did just that. From beginning to end I was hooked on this unique production, and the way some Read more…

By Alex Burns, 7 years6 years ago
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Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra Immersive Concert Review 09/06/2018

Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra Immersive Concert Review 09/06/2018 It is often a shame that orchestras work on fantastic programmes of music, yet only perform it out to the public once or maybe twice. The Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO) however, have learned a jam-packed programme of Spanish-influenced music and their concert on Read more…

By Alex Burns, 7 years7 years ago
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Opera on Location: The Marriage of Figaro Review

Opera on Location: The Marriage of Figaro Review  Victoria Hall, 27/04/18 Opera on Location aims to produce accessible and immersive opera for their audiences, and what better opera to achieve these goals than with Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. Teamed up with Sheffield Chamber Orchestra, and under the direction or co-founder of the opera company, Gareth LLoyd, Read more…

By Alex Burns, 7 years6 years ago
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SUJO Sesssions Experience – April 2018

My experience of SUJO Sessions SUJO (Sheffield University Jazz Orchestra) kindly invited me along to their most recent monthly jam session. Held at The Gardener’s Rest pub in Kelham Island, Sheffield, this jam session runs every second Saturday of the month. Although I knew a few people in the core Read more…

By Alex Burns, 7 years7 years ago

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