(Photo: ©Tristram Kenton) English National Opera haven’t had a live audience in their home at the London Coliseum since March 2020. But they’ve hardly been idle: their costume department made hospital scrubs, they devised a singing program for those suffering with “long COVID,” and performed “Tosca” and “La bohème” in striking outdoor settings. Their 2021-22 season opened last week with {…}
The English National Opera has announced its 2021-22 Season featuring new productions of classic and modern masterpieces. Natalya Romaniw, David Junghoon Kim, Roland Wood, and William Thomas star in Puccini’s “Tosca” in a semi-staged production conducted by Richard Farnes. Performance Dates: August 27 & 29, 2021 Carolyn Kuan conducts Glass’ “Satyagraha” with Sean Panikkar, Musa Ngqungwana, William Thomas, Sarah Pring, Felicity Buckland, Gabriella Cassidy, James Cleverton, and Ross Ramgobin. {…}
The English National Opera has announced that it will present Handel’s “Messiah” this Easter. The famed work will be presented in collaboration with BBC;. The English National Opera and the BBC last teamed up in November for Mozart’s Requiem and presented the work on television. The news also comes shortly after the English National Opera announced its new Ring Cycle {…}
The English National Opera has announced a new Ring Cycle. The company announced that Richard Jones will direct the production and will be conducted by Martyn Brabbins. It was also confirmed that the Metropolitan Opera will coproduce the production. The production will mark the first time the ENO stages the tetralogy in 15 years. The ENO will present the complete {…}
(Credit: Opera Australia official website) Celebrated Australian opera director Elijah Moshinsky has died at the age of 75. Moshinsky graduated from the University of Melbourne and made his operatic debut in 1975 at the Royal Opera House with a production of Britten’s opera “Peter Grimes.” The famed director went on to stage a number of highly successful productions at the {…}
(Credit: Lloyd Winters) The jumbotrons flash with bright colors and larger-than-life faces. The campervans are scattered across Alexandra Palace’s massive outdoor stage. I am transported to some bizzarro Coachella performed in suburban London. I pull my coat close around me as a pervasive English damp and an all-too familiar British wind cut through the desert festival scenes. The cars beginning {…}
The Royal Opera House and the English National Opera have closed due to the new lockdown imposed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in England. The new lockdown will begin on Nov. 5 due to the surge in COVID-19 cases and will include the closure of pubs, restaurants, and non-essential businesses, including hair salons and gyms. Schools, universities, and playgrounds will {…}
(Credit: Christopher Pledger/ Shirley Suarez / English National Opera official website / Gerard Collett) The English National Opera has announced that it will reopen the London Coliseum on Nov. 6 & 7, 2020, for the two special performances of Mozart’s “Requiem.” The performances will star mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly, soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn, tenor Toby Spence, and bass Brindley Sherratt. The {…}
The English National Opera has canceled its upcoming production of “A Christmas Carol.” The company also recently postponed a production of “Hairspray,” which was set to open the 2020-21 season. The company currently has plans to present “The Nutcracker” in December. In a statement, the company said, “As English National Opera continues to focus on performances that can be staged {…}
(Credit: Ashley Plante) When Berlin opera houses called off their performances in March due to the COVID 19 pandemic, one rarely performed opera was stopped dead in its track- the Komische Oper’s production of “Schwanda.” Among the artists set to star in that production was American soprano Sara Jakubiak. Jakubiak, who has appeared on the most important world stages, to {…}
(Credit: David Bebber/Reuters) The English National Opera will take part in”ENO Breathe,” a rehabilitation program aimed at supporting patients recovering from COVID-19. The six-week first phase I of the program will employ lullabies to help teach patients techniques that will focus on their breathing. In Phase II, the ENO and medical experts at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust around the {…}