The opening moments of the ENO’s revival of The Marriage of Figaro ooze style and wit, as doors swing open and characters artfully pose before subtly…
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The English National Opera’s The Turn of the Screw, is an atmospheric and chilling rendition of Benjamin Britten’s psychological thriller. This production, newly interpreted and staged…
The English National Opera’s latest production of Suor Angelica, staged at the London Coliseum, is an evocative and emotionally charged portrayal of Puccini’s short but powerful…
The English National Opera’s revival of La bohème, which opens the season at the London Coliseum is a resounding success. Puccini’s timeless opera is…
ENO La traviata Review – 28 October 2023 by Maxine Morse The ENO’s La traviata has the feel of a Parisian 1920’s nightclub, enveloped in blacks…
ENO Iolanthe Review – 10 October 2023 by Maxine Morse If ENO’s Iolanthe were a cake it would be a Unicorn cake with a deep buttercream…
The ENO’s Peter Grimes is not going to be a cosy night at the opera. You can see that in the sparse cantilevered set – dark…
La bohème is a Scintillating New Production for Opera Holland Park Giacomo Puccini’s La bohème may be the most famous opera of all time: the spartan,…
HMS Pinafore is unashamedly the epitome of flag waving, English Englishness. I immediately sensed fish and chips, fairgrounds, childhood cut-out paper dolls and folk watching their…
ENO’s The Valkyrie at the London Coliseum is a performance of stark contrasts. From the orchestra pit we have Ben Hur, Braveheart, The Return of the…
On the surface, The Cunning Little Vixen (1924) by Leoš Janácek is a charming tale accompanied by the distinctive rhythm of Moravian folk songs but…
You would need to be quite disturbed to categorise Poul Ruders’ opera of The Handmaid’s Tale as entertainment but this performance nonetheless keeps the viewer transfixed…
Così Fan Tutte ENO feels brilliantly contemporary for an opera that roughly translates into “all women are like that” with its sexual stereotyping and theme of…