English Touring Opera
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Humanity wins out in a compelling English Touring Opera season from which ENO’s misjudged Offenbach could learn much
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4 out of 5 stars.Mozart’s culture clash comedy is impeccably paired with Weill’s parable where poverty and privilege compete under the malign eye of the far right
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4 out of 5 stars.English Touring Opera’s staging of Rossini’s Tudor drama is the first in Britain since 1818, while their Scottish tragedy is among the company’s finest achievements
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Sarah Tynan’s star turn in The Merry Widow lifts a panto-style production let down by smutty jokes
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John Luther Adams’s end of the world proves strangely consoling. And out on the road with Cinders and Bach
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4 out of 5 stars.
The week in classical: Porgy and Bess; ETO triple bill; Passion review – from Catfish Row to Carthage
4 out of 5 stars.ENO’s first ever Porgy and Bess is a resounding triumph. Elsewhere, a harmonious triple bill and a seamless fusion of dance, music and myth -
3 out of 5 stars.English Touring Opera’s triple bill ranges from expressionist psychodrama to a touching look at faith
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4 out of 5 stars.English Touring Opera’s production is beautifully sung and manages to bring out the tenderness within the comedy
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4 out of 5 stars.
Giulio Cesare and Dardanus review – ETO update Handel and make Rameau feel contemporary
4 out of 5 stars.English Touring Opera’s ambitious autumn programme features two baroque operas that both deal with sex and war and the private and the political
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ETO miss a trick with their G&S debut, and that annual moment in the limelight for non-male composers…
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3 out of 5 stars.Puccini’s political thriller needs greater visual impact but the vocal performances are strong and English Touring Opera’s orchestra, under Michael Rosewell, is alert to the melodrama
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3 out of 5 stars.English Touring Opera’s soloists were joined by local choirs and new English translations of Bach’s verses, both adding a vivid modern relevance
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4 out of 5 stars.
La Calisto/Ulysses’ Homecoming review – ravishing performances in moving productions
4 out of 5 stars.English Touring Opera’s new productions of Cavalli and Monteverdi’s 17th-century masterpieces are imaginatively staged and finely sung
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4 out of 5 stars.Under Lloyd Wood’s guiding hand, English Touring Opera go underground to create the work’s best UK staging for some time
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The week in classical: Giulio Cesare; Susanna – review