The environment takes centre-stage with Opera North using the Theatre Green Book as its guide for a forthcoming season.
All three operas feature sets by Leslie Travers using elements from previous shows and props gleaned from the company's stores.
The season opens with Verdi's Falstaff, a new production directed by Olivia Fuchs with Henry Waddington as Shakespeare's lovable rogue. Orchestrating his comeuppance are Kate Royal as feisty Alice Ford and Helen Évora as irrepressible Meg Page. Garry Walker conducts.
October sees thea world première of a new fantasy, Masque of Might, created by Sir David Pountney by 'recycling' the music of Purcell.
Callum Thorpe returns to Opera North as a dictator whose actions threaten the planet until he meets his match with characters such as Nebulous / Activist / Wolf (Andri Björn Róbertsson) and Elena / Witch (Anna Dennis).
Completing the trio is James Hurley's new production of La rondine conducted by Kerem Hasan. Set in 1930s Paris and on the Riviera, this take on Puccini's opera features Galina Averina as Magda, Sébastien Guèze as her lover Ruggero and Philip Smith as the wealthy Rambaldo.