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It was designed by James Robinson Watson, chief assistant in the office of Leeds-based architect George Corson, and opened on 18 November 1878.It was built as a complex in three parts: the theatre, a set of six shops and Assembly Rooms, all facing onto New Briggate, in High Victorian style of red brick with stone dressings and a slate roof, the whole being a Grade II* listed building.
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 .
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
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
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.
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 ...
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]
Grand Opera House, York 1:30pm, 4:00pm West Midlands 29 April 2006 () Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham 1:30pm, 4:00pm Scotland 30 April 2006 () Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow 1:30pm, 4:00pm North West England 1 May 2006 () Empire Theatre, Liverpool 1:30pm, 4:00pm Singapore East Region 27 May 2006 ()