Opera North wins TMA Achievement in Opera Award
November 9, 2008
Leeds-based Opera North has won the 2008 Theatrical Management Association (TMA) Award for Achievement in Opera for the second consecutive year. The company was given the honour for its Shakespeare Resounding season, which featured lauded productions of Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Romeo et Juliette.
After winning the award last year for Phyllida Lloyd and Richard Farnes’ production of Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes, Opera North triumphed again, withstanding stiff competition from Glyndebourne’s Hansel and Gretel, Scottish Opera’s A Night at the Chinese Opera and Welsh National Opera’s The Sacrifice. It was also honoured at the TMA’s annual Theatre Awards ceremony, which aims to recognise excellence in provincial theatre, in 2004, for its Eight Little Greats season.
Opera North’s General Director, Richard Mantle, said, “I am delighted that Opera North has won the Achievement in Opera category for the second year running. Audiences around the country enjoyed a treat last season with such strong performances in all three productions,” he continued, “and it is a wonderful feeling to gain respect and praise from our contemporaries in the arts.”
The company’s Autumn productions, Puccini’s Tosca, Gershwin’s Of Thee I Sing and Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi, have now departed from Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House. Having begun their tour at The Lowry, Salford, they will continue with performances at the Theatre Royal Newcastle this week, before completing it at the Theatre Royal Nottingham.
-Simon Walker
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