Photograph
Lesser Free Trade Hall, Northern School Of Music (NSM)
1954

And I thought they couldn't fit a big dress on the stage! Never say never at the Northern School of Music it seems. This is the 1954 production of Mozart's opera Marriage of Figaro. The NSM was very proud of its opera productions, even having a Speech and Drama Department.

Ref: NSM/13/3

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.