Opera North: history and repertoire, seasons 2004– "Peter Grimes". The latter production, directed by Phyllida Lloyd, was garlanded with awards from "The South Bank Show", the Royal Philharmonic Society and the Theatre Management Association. During 2007-8, a mini-festival of operas inspired by William Shakespeare was presented by Opera North. It comprised Verdi's "Falstaff" and "Macbeth", Britten's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Gounod's "Roméo et Juliette" and Bellini's "I Capuleti e i Montecchi". The latter saw the first appearance with the company by Sarah Connolly, who returned in 2010 for Donizetti's "Maria Stuarda". A second phase of "Transformation", completed in 2009, focused on restoring the former Assembly Rooms, which
Mason Grimes Mason Grimes Mason Douglas Grimes (born October 21, 1992) is a Guamanian international footballer who plays as a defender, most recently for Tulsa Roughnecks and the Guam national football team. Grimes played college soccer at California State University San Marcos between 2010 and 2014. Seeing action in all four years with the Cougars, Grimes was a starter for the Cougars his final two years. During his junior season in 2013, Grimes started all 17 games at the center back position and helped CSUSM to 7 shutouts and a 0.86 goals against average. In his senior season in 2014, Grimes anchored