• Cosi Fan Tutte @ Grand Opera House, Belfast

    November 26, 2017 - By 

    Who is immune to a little flattery? Who, if anyone, cannot be seduced? Who, if we’re honest, is not tempted by forbidden fruits? As Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte would have it, nobody – least of all women. All Women Do It translates the title of Mozart’s opera, written in the prolific period before he died. Near-full houses for three nights in The Grand Opera House for this Northern Ireland Opera production was proof that Cosi Fan Tutte remains one of the most popular operas in the world. It wasn’t always so. In fact, it wasn’t until the twentieth…

  • Don Giovanni @ Grand Opera House, Belfast

    November 22, 2016 - By 

    Beethoven branded Don Giovanni as frivolous, but as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote in a letter to his father in 1781: ‘For do you really suppose that I should write an opera-comique the same way as an opera-seria?’ For Mozart, Don Giovanni was an opera-buffa, though the much darker tones that underlie the comedic shenanigans make this an oddly complex psychological opera. This Northern Ireland Opera production wholeheartedly embraces the playfulness of Lorenzo da Ponte’s libretto. And, with a Titanic-esque luxury liner providing the setting for the unfolding action, complete with icebergs in the distance, it’s hard not to imagine that…

  • Thriller Live @ Grand Opera House, Belfast

    August 24, 2013 - By 

    Taking place from Monday September 23 to Saturday September 28, Thriller Live – the “spectacular concert created to celebrate the career of the world’s greatest entertainer” – returns to Grand Opera House, Belfast. Set to feature over two hours of songs paying homage to the so-called “world-class spectacle of Jackson’s legendary live performances” this is a great opportunity for fans of Michael Jackson for fans and newcomers alike to experience both his music and the art of his live craft. Tickets for festival start from £14.5o. Go here to book and for more information.