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Leeds Grand Theatre hosted the world stage premier of Kay Mellor's Band Of Gold in November 2019. [10] The theatre is managed by Leeds Heritage Theatres which also manages City Varieties Music Hall and the Hyde Park Picture House. Leeds Heritage Theatres as a unifying brand was launched in August 2020.
The Grand Theatre, Leeds, home of Opera North. Opera North is an English opera company based in Leeds.The company's home theatre is the Leeds Grand Theatre, but it also presents regular seasons in several other cities, at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, the Lowry Centre, Salford Quays and the Theatre Royal, Newcastle.
The Grand Clitheroe 1874; 2008 400 (standing) 240 (fully seated, theatre-style) 140 (cabaret) Owned by The Lancaster Foundation Grand Theatre, Leeds: Leeds 18 November 1878 1,550 Home of Opera North: Grand Theatre, Swansea: Swansea 1897 1,014 Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton: Wolverhampton 1894; rebuilt in 1982 1,200 Grimsby Auditorium: Grimsby ...
Opera North's collaborations with other opera companies and festivals during this period included: Così fan tutte, a co-production with Glimmerglass Opera, which premiered in Leeds and was also seen at New York City Opera; Kurt Weill's Der Kuhhandel (Arms and the Cow), a co-production with the Bregenz Festival and the Vienna Volksoper
With Leeds City Council in the lead, sufficient funds were forthcoming, although there was some slippage in the proposed timetable. English National Opera North (ENON) was established in late 1977, with Lord Harewood as Managing Director and Graham Marchant as General Administrator.
Leeds City Varieties was built in 1865 as an adjunct to the White Swan Inn in Swan Street by architect George Smith for Charles Thornton. [1] Along with Hoxton Hall and Wilton's Music Hall (both in London), it is a rare surviving example of a Victorian era music hall. [1]
The area's entertainment venues are Leeds Arena, are Leeds Academy, Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House. Millennium Square anchored by the civic hall was a flagship project to mark the year 2000. It hosts regular concerts, with past performers including the Kaiser Chiefs, Bridewell Taxis, HARD-Fi, Fall Out Boy and Embrace. Leeds Town Hall
Matcham's building was originally named the Opera House and is the smallest of his existing theatres. It became a cinema in 1955 and in 1966, a bingo hall. [23] In 2012 the Theatre received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund for a £2.6 million restoration project. [24] II* [22] 1897 [25] Grand Theatre Grand Theatre, Lancaster