The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: English National Opera
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September 15- October 8 2011: The Elixir of LoveSeptember 19- October 25 2011: The PassengerOctober 5- November 10 2011: The Marriage of FigaroOctober 24- December 1 2011: Castor and PolluxNovember 12- December 3 2011: Eugene OneginNovember 26 2011- Janurary 29 2012: ToscaJanuary 28- February 27 2012: Der RosenkavalierFebruary 10- March 10 2012: The Tales of…
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Diane Paulus is directing Olga Neuwirth's Lost Highway for ENO. The opera runs from April 4-11, 2008 at the Young Vic. The opera premiered in 2003 at the Helmut-List-Halle. Evening Standard Article | Production | ENO | Young Vic
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The English National Opera presented Lucia di Lammermoor for the first time this season, and the last performance was yesterday. The adorable Anna Christy made her British debut in the title role, despite recently suffering bronchitis. She has a sweet, warbling sort of voice, and from the reviews, it sounds like she was adequate, not…
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Clive Bayley lost his voice during last Saturday's opening performance of the new Lucia di Lammermoor production at ENO. His understudy, Paul Whelan, sang from the side of the stage as Bayley mouthed the words and acted. I've experienced something like this only once, at Bayerische Staatsoper's staged production of the oratorio Saul. David Daniels…
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* Notes * Henry Purcell’s King Arthur or The British Worthy is not an opera in the usual sense, as the main characters do not sing. The Mark Morris Dance Group production had its American premiere in Berkeley last Saturday, and all of Dryden’s spoken dialogue is cut, meaning King Arthur himself never appears as…
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