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Posted by Neal on 17 Jun, 2012 in Music, Slider | 0 comments

After seeing Das Reingold last year at Leeds Town Hall with Opera North, I decided it was time I had a full Ring Cycle on CD, and with it...

Posted by Neal on 17 Jun, 2012 in Music, Slider, Theatre | 0 comments

We had been waiting a year with great anticipation since the first of the Ring Cycle operas, Das Rheingold, last year at Leeds Town Hall....

Posted by Neal on 11 Feb, 2012 in Music, Theatre | 0 comments

Giulio Cesare is our first Handel opera we’ve seen, and it won’t be our last. This review could be very short; Handel is...

Posted by Neal on 29 Jan, 2012 in Music, Theatre | 0 comments

Our latest opera at the Grand Theatre in Leeds was Bellini’s Norma. This has probably one of the most popular arias in opera (Casta...

Posted by Neal on 23 Jul, 2011 in Music | 0 comments

Blondie have been touring mostly festivals and outside venues this summer, and this was the first time I’d seen them outside. After a good...

Posted by Neal on 7 Jul, 2011 in Music | 0 comments

This is the session Blondie did on Ken Bruce on Monday 4th July 2011. The set is as follows: Heart of Glass (Parallel Lines 1978)...