7.30pm
Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North - Leeds
Grand Theatre, Leeds
Handel : Joshua
Reviews
Bachtrack.com2013In spite of the fact that a Handel oratorio, however renowned, provides limited opportunities for staging, this production of Joshua, directed by Charles Edwards, is a largely successful exercise in the art of the possible. The…Read the review 
The Financial Times2013The Star of David is everywhere, as a symbol of Jewish unity. The senior Israelite wears a kippah, denoting respect for God’s law. Joshua starts off with a machine gun, the archetypal freedom fighter, and ends in a suit, every…Read the review 
The Observer2013Not short on action, the Old Testament book of Joshua charts the entry of the Israelites into the Promised Land, the razing of Jericho, several massacres and the suspension of time while sun and moon stand motionless so the enemy…Read the review