TO ANYONE not familiar with opera, it’s a world that seems shrouded in mystery – and the effort that goes into putting a production together is mysterious, even to seasoned opera-goers.
This winter Yorkshire-based photographer Tom Arber raises the curtain on the hidden backstage world of one of the UK’s major opera companies, in a photographic exhibition.
Tom spent a week in residence with Opera North last September, as the Leeds-based company prepared for a new version of Verdi’s La Traviata.
Granted full backstage access, Tom captured a series of images which lovingly detail the final rehearsals in the run-up to opening night.
Behind The Curtain runs at the White Cloth Gallery, Aire Street, Leeds, until February 1.
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