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2 unusual facts about Opera in the Park


Opera in the Park

The event is presented by Leeds City Council, in partnership with Magic 828 radio station and the Yorkshire Post newspaper.

It is held in the grounds of the Jacobean mansion Temple Newsam, and is followed the next day by Party in the Park, a pop concert, thus making double use of the work and expense involved in setting up the venue.



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Kurt Herbert Adler

Other innovations included the Merola Opera Program named after the founder of the San Francisco Opera, and "Opera in the Park", which, from 1971, has been an annual free concert in Golden Gate Park on the Sunday following opening night of the fall season.