Opera North is at it once more, serenading unsuspecting Leeds consumers with music from their exhibits. Final yr it was Anna Dennis singing the Queen of the Evening in Trinity Leeds procuring centre, and this yr it’s Katie Chicken as Maria in The Sound of Music having her Julie Andrews second not on a hill however on the balcony of the Queens Resort. The clip above fades out earlier than the top, so it appears to be like as should you’ll should go alongside to Leeds Grand Theatre for the whole factor.
The efficiency additionally marked a particular week too, celebrating the sixty fifth anniversary of The Sound of Music first arriving on London’s West Finish. On 18 Might 1961, the musical premiered on the Palace Theatre and subsequently ran for two,385 performances.Â
The unique Broadway manufacturing had featured Mary Martin, however within the West Finish, Maria was performed by British actress Jean Bayless (who would later function in Crossroads on TV) with Constance Shacklock because the Mom Abbess. Shacklock had shared the title function in Britten’s Gloriana with Joan Cross in 1953, and in 1949 when Joan Hammond travelled to Russia, singing Tatiana in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Shacklock performed Olga.
Opera North presents Rogers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music at Leeds Grand Theatre from 9 July to 1 August 2026. Oliver Rundell conducts, Nikolai Foster directs with a forged together with Katie Chicken, Edward Bennett and Katherine Broderick.
Full particulars from Opera North’s web site.Â
