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Opera North's Youth Theatre on stage with the title of the opera and the composer Weir's name.

Opera North's The Secret Of The Black Spider

Presented by Opera North Limited
£16 - £10
Leeds Grand Theatre

Join the Opera North Youth Chorus and Youth Orchestra for a performance which will delight the whole family.

Described by composer Dame Judith Weir as “a historical comic thriller”, The Secret of the Black Spider tells two interrelated stories. One is a legendary tale, set in the 15th Century, of villagers terrorised by a spider that emerges from the hand of the heroine, Christina; the other based on a news report of the strange happenings that followed the excavation of a Polish tomb in the 1970s…

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Event information

Running Time: 1hr 15mins (approx. including interval)

Sung in English

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