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Opera North is a British Opera company. It is based at the Grand Theatre in Leeds , England , but it also presents regular seasons in several other cities, in Nottingham at the Theatre Royal , Salford at the Lowry , Newcastle at the Theatre Royal , at the Bradford Alhambra , and at the Lyceum Theatre in Sheffield . The company's orchestra, the Orchestra Of Opera North , regularly performs and records in its own right. Operas are usually, but not always, performed in English . Opera North was founded in 1977, and its first performance (of Saint-Saëns 's Samson And Delilah ) was given on 15 November , 1978 . It started life as an offshoot of English National Opera , and was known until 1981 as English National Opera North. It had the specific intention of delivering high-quality opera to the northern areas of the country which, up to that point, had no regular opera company. With the name change to Opera North, the official ties with English National Opera ceased to exist. The founding Music Director of Opera North was David Lloyd-Jones (1977-1990). He was succeeded by Paul Daniel (1990-1997), Steven Sloane (1999-2002) and Richard Farnes (2004- ). AWARDS
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