Programme
Lesser Free Trade Hall, Northern School Of Music (NSM)
1961

According to the Guardian review, “the great strength of the Northern School of Music is its female voices,” due to “absence of good male singers”. The two operas were “well suited to its resources” - with few male parts.
The school was founded by a woman, run by women and had a largely female student body, with a strong female staff many of whom were working on this production.

Ref: NSM/20

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