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Tag Archives: Chorus of English National Opera
Mesmerising Akhnaten returns to ENO
Glass: Akhnaten English National Opera, 11th February 2019 For the uninitiated, it’s not exactly an evening pregnant with promise: an opera largely sung in Egyptian, Hebrew and Akkadian, without surtitles, its two hour score chugging through obsessive ostinatos of A … Continue reading
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Tagged Akhnaten, Angharad Lyddon, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Bruno Poet, Charlotte Beament, Chorus of English National Opera, Colin Judson, English National Opera, Glass, Hazel McBain, James Cleverton, Karen Kamensek, Katie Stevenson, Keel Watson, Kevin Pollard, Martha Jones, Orchestra of English National Opera, Phelim McDermott, Rebecca Bottone, Rosie Lomas, Tom Pye, Zachary James
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Flawed casting in Minghella’s widescreen Butterfly at ENO
Puccini: Madama Butterfly *** English National Opera, 16th May 2016 Anthony Minghella’s 2005 staging of Madam Butterfly remains a hit with ENO’s audience. A combination of Japanese lacquer and Hollywood gloss make for a stylish production, opulently costumed by Han … Continue reading
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Tagged Alun Rhys-Jenkins, Anthony Minghella, Chorus of English National Opera, David Butt Philip, English National Opera, George Von Bergen, Madama Butterfly, Matthew Durkan, Orchestra of English National Opera, Puccini, Rena Harms, Richard Armstrong, Samantha Price, Stephanie Windsor-Lewis
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