English National Opera

Opera In The Sky

ruzik_tuzik — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:28:07 -0500

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No - it's an opera singer. Londoners were amazed this morning to be greeted with the sight of opera superstar Lesley Garrett giving her most unique performance yet - 50 metres above the Tower of London.

English National Opera Announces Sky Arts Season

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:16:39 -0500

English National Opera’s 2008/09 Sky Arts Season includes 10 new productions, five revivals and the opera directing debut of acclaimed actress Fiona Shaw and the UK debut of award-winning film makers Penny Woolcock and Abbas Kiarostami.

Production Of Merry Widow Opens At London Coliseum

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:17:06 -0500

The Merry Widow was a huge success when premiered in Vienna in 1905 and remains one of the most enduringly popular of all operettas and was later filmed by Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer (1934) starring Jeanette MacDonald in the title role opposite Maurice Chevalier as Count Danilo. Lehár's tale of romance, passion, high society and amorous intrigue, The Merry Widow is set in the heady champagne days of decadent, nineteenth-century Paris.

Alex Jennings Joins English National Opera

ruzik_tuzik — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:52:34 -0600

Alex Jennings, currently starring in Present Laughter at the National Theatre, will make his English National Opera debut as Doctor Pangloss/Voltaire in Robert Carsen’s new production of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide, part of the ENO 2007/08 SkyArts Season. This ENO co-production with the Theatre du Chatelet, Paris and Teatro alla Scala, Milan, where it played to great acclaim, opens June 23, 2008 at the London Coliseum for 13 performances only.

BBC, ENO Offer UK Video Streaming Of Opera Online

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:35:18 -0500

English National Opera and BBC Radio 3 are to video stream a performance of ENO’s new production of Carmen – currently in rep at the London Coliseum – on Saturday 3 November at 6.30pm. Carmen Online will be the first time that BBC Radio 3 has video streamed an opera, and the first time a UK opera house has offered a complete production online.

Met, English National Opera Collaborate For New Productions

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:46:29 -0500

The Metropolitan Opera and English National Opera (ENO) are joining forces for two collaborations in future seasons: a new co-production of John Adams’s Doctor Atomic, directed by Penny Woolcock, and a co-production of the new opera by Osvaldo Golijov and Anthony Minghella that has been commissioned by the Met.

June Whitfield Joins Cast Of On The Town At London Opera

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:23:44 -0500

English Opera Wins Opera Awards

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:45:22 -0600

English National Opera Wins 5 Awards

ruzik_tuzik — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:52:47 -0600

ENO & Metropolitan Opera Collaborate On Philip Glass's

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 04:33:42 -0600

ENO And Met To Collaborate On New Opera - Satyagraha

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:24:41 -0600