A Christmas Carol
Chorus of Opera North
- Date night
- Great for groups
- Under 90 mins
- Early finish
- Date
- Sat, 19 Dec 2026
- Time
- 19:00 · 1h 15m
- Venue
- Howard Assembly Room
- City
- Leeds
- Conductor
- Garry Walker
- Tickets
- from £27.5
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Summary
Garry Walker conducts the Chorus of Opera North in a performance of A Christmas Carol at the Howard Assembly Room.
Why it's fantastic
This crisp seventy-five-minute performance offers a sophisticated alternative to traditional pantomimes and heavy festive oratorios. The professional voices of this acclaimed chorus bring a rich, operatic weight to Dickens’s ghostly tale of redemption, creating an intimate atmosphere that captures the true chilling spirit of a Victorian winter.
Our guide to this performance
What you'll hear
We are invited to experience a vocal reimagining of the classic Dickensian narrative, focused on the journey of Ebenezer Scrooge through a winter landscape of memory and redemption. You will hear how the textures of the choral writing reflect the shifting moods of the story, from the cold, isolated starkness of the counting house to the more expansive and communal warmth of the final scenes. The music provides a structural backbone to the ghostly visitations, using the range of the voices to evoke both the supernatural and the deeply human elements of the plot. Listen for the way the ensemble creates a sense of physical space and atmosphere through harmony alone. Unlike a large-scale staged production, this performance relies on the agility and dramatic power of the singers to transport you to Victorian London. The evening is shaped as a continuous narrative flow, allowing the emotional arc of the transformation to remain central throughout the seventy-five-minute duration.
Who's performing
The Chorus of Opera North is a professional ensemble based in Leeds, celebrated for their versatility across a vast range of operatic and concert repertoire. Under the baton of conductor Garry Walker, the group brings their characteristic precision and dramatic weight to this festive engagement. The chorus is known for its ability to shift seamlessly between complex modern scores and the core operatic tradition, maintaining a reputation for vocal excellence on their home stage and beyond. Here, their collective experience in character-driven performance is brought to the fore in an intimate setting.
Planning your evening
This performance takes place at the Howard Assembly Room in Leeds and runs for approximately seventy-five minutes without an interval. Given the concise duration and the familiar nature of the story, it is a practical choice for those seeking a shorter evening or for people attending a vocal performance for the first time. As this is an operatic adaptation of a well-known English text, it offers an accessible entry point into the genre. There is no specific dress code for this venue, though many patrons choose smart-casual attire for winter evening events.
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