It’s more than a decade since Opera North had a new production of The Marriage of Figaro, and 30 years since the one before that had its premiere, so it’s certainly time for a fresh look at it. And ...

‘The Little Prince,” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s beloved tale, has become nearly ubiquitous, selling some 140 million copies worldwide. The surreal fable is not only irresistible, it is deeply probing.

(Opera North’s Young Artists will present one performance of the double bill of excepts from Mozart’s “The Impresario” and Janacek’s “The Cunning Little Vixen” on Aug. 14.) After all, musical theater ...