Opera North - Street Scene Reviews
28 March 2024
Louis Parker (Willie Maurrant), Giselle Allen (Anna Maurrant), Robert Hayward (Frank Maurrant), Claire Pascoe (Emma Jones)
Michelle Andrews (Mae Jones), Rodney Vubya (Dick McGann)
Giselle Allen (Anna Maurrant), Gillene Butterfield (Rose Maurrant)
General scene
Robert Hayward (Frank Maurrant)

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No. of reviews: 11

A testament to working-class struggle and the struggle of women
4 Apr 20 / The Mancunion
A finely-wrought staging
5 Mar 20 / The Northern Echo
A superbly conducted, well sung and impeccably designed production of Kurt Weill’s ‘Broadway opera'
22 Feb 20 / Music OMH
Opera North's Street Scene is full of vim and verve
18 Feb 20 / The Opera Critic
Love thy neighbour
28 Jan 20 / The Critics' Circle
Opera North revels in a night on the town with Kurt Weill
27 Jan 20 / The Observer
Street Scene will be a delight to lovers of Weill’s Americana
26 Jan 20 / The Reviews Hub
Intricate staging of Kurt Weill’s opera
21 Jan 20 / The Stage
Opera North's thrilling Street Scene brings Golden Age Broadway to Leeds
21 Jan 20 / Bachtrack
Full justice for murder in Manhattan
20 Jan 20 / The Guardian
An unfussy and sympathetic production – shame Kurt Weill’s opera is a snooze
20 Jan 20 / Telegraph
Production details
Cast
Savournin, Payne, Turner, Mosley-Evans, Pascoe, Banfield, Robinson, Allen, Hayward, Laing, Bevin, Jackson/Servi, Kelly-McInroy, Vubya, de Lang, Andrews, Butterfield/Langer
(c) Holmes (d) Eberhardt
Performance dates
18, 25 January, 12, 20, 28 February, 3, 6, 13, 17, 20 March 2020 (various locations)
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