Tag: ENO
Dead Man Walking – a natural for ENO?
Dead Man Walking, Barbican, 20.2.18 First the back story. A nun named Sister Helen Prejean was asked to write to a convict on death row in Louisiana who was due to die for a double murder; she accompa... Read MoreMcCrystal’s ‘Iolanthe’ – G&S can be trickier than it seems
Iolanthe, ENO, 13.2.18 Arthur Sullivan and WS Gilbert didn’t like each other, didn’t have much in common, and both had loftier ambitions than the creation of operettas. But if they’d stuc... Read MoreGlass’s Satyagraha
Satyagraha, ENO, 1.1.18 ‘Masterpiece’ – like ‘great’, ‘iconic’, and ‘legendary’ – is a word which should be used sparingly by critics, if at all. But it is absolutel... Read MoreEn passant: a woeful ENO Aida, but a triumphant Barber… Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s first recital… Faust and Melnikov play Mozart…and Covent Garden revives its Vepres siciliennes…
Aida, Coliseum An opera house needs a story to launch the season, and ENO had three. First, their chief executive had suddenly announced her premature departure. Second, Aida would be the first chance... Read More- 2 of 2
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