 Other notable Opera North productions which he conducted included Delius's "A Village Romeo and Juliet", Borodin's "Prince Igor", Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg", Berlioz's "Les Troyens", Richard Jones's staging of "The Love for Three Oranges", a double-bill coupling (as at their first performances) of Tchaikovsky's "Iolanta" and "The Nutcracker" – the latter choreographed by Matthew Bourne of Adventures in Motion Pictures – and the world première of Wilfred Josephs's "Rebecca".He also conducted orchestral concerts for Opera North, including at festivals in France and Germany.He stepped down from the position of Music Director in 1990.