English National Opera (ENO)
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All life is here: the must-see classical performances of 2017BBCNOW celebrates modern musical pioneers, there’s a rare chance to taste Birtwistle’s Last Supper – and the LPO explores what it means to be human
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The year in opera: Tristram Kenton's favourite photos of 2016Guardian photographer Tristram Kenton visits the dress rehearsals of all the UK’s major new opera productions and revivals. We asked him to pick his favourite images from the 40 or so he’s shot this year
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Fiona Maddocks: best classical music of 2016Gražinytė-Tyla was the name of the year, Chineke! took off, Levit and Trifonov blazed a trail and ENO delivered opera of the highest standards
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Lulu review – Kentridge makes Berg's opera a serious visual feastWilliam Kentridge and conductor Mark Wigglesworth underplay the humour as Brenda Rae proves a tireless, enigmatic heart to a production awash with projected imagery
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English National Opera names Martyn Brabbins as music directorRespected conductor takes over from Mark Wigglesworth as company seeks stability after two years of cuts and crises
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The Pearl Fishers review – reheated orientalism does ENO no favoursPenny Woolcock’s staging of Bizet’s opera – revived here for the second time – is visually striking but not strong enough musically
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Il tabarro/Suor Angelica; Don Giovanni review – high piety and low pleasuresOpera North delivers a devastating Puccini double bill, as a brutal new Don Giovanni turns heads at ENO
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Don Giovanni review – Richard Jones moves from Mozart with touches of brilliance and BDSMJones’s new staging for English National Opera delivers clever insights and a shock twist but ducks the opera’s complexities and, at points, flies in the face of the music’s logic
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Mozart's Don Giovanni: in picturesWith its story of rapes, murder, fine wines and fancy dress, Don Giovanni offers plenty for directors to get their teeth into. The results might not be coherent and they might well be controversial, but they are almost always colourful. Ahead of Richard Jones’s new staging for English National Opera we look at key productions of the last decade.
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Facing the music: James CreswellFrom Iron Maiden to Wagner, and Schubert to the Righteous Brothers, the US-born bass tells us about the music that he loves
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Bolshoi denies reports John Berry is to join company's management teamFormer ENO head, who left the beleaguered UK opera house last year, has not confirmed stories he is to be given a senior appointment at the Russian theatre
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ENO's Kramer links demise of arts education to US violenceEnglish National Opera’s US-born artistic director affirmed the importance of access to the arts at all levels and set out vision for the troubled company
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Tristan and Isolde review – a fascinating, vexing riot of ideasENO’s Daniel Kramer presented an ambitious Tristan and Isolde, with spectacular sets by Anish Kapoor
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Tristan and Isolde review – musically fine but a confused and illogical stagingDaniel Kramer’s new production offers few insights into Wagner’s drama. Anish Kapoor’s sets – although striking – don’t help
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Casting more light on Tristan and IsoldeBreif letters: Noisy restaurants | ENO lighting | Letter published at 92 | Booling your tansad | Sturm in Drang | A twitchell
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Exclusive video: Stuart Skelton and Heidi Melton perform the love duet from Tristan and IsoldeWatch the two singers - who star as Wagner’s ill-fated lovers in ENO’s new production - rehearse the love duet from act two of Tristan and Isolde. Edward Gardner conducts the English National Opera orchestra.
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Daniel Kramer will have to be a quick learner to impress at ENODespite having reputation for supreme talent, Kramer’s limited repertoire may hinder him in what will undoubtedly prove a demanding role as artistic director
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English National Opera appoints Daniel Kramer as artistic directorENO hoping American-born director will bring stability to company that has lurched from crisis to crisis over past two years
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Sunset Boulevard review – sandblasting panache from Glenn CloseA glittering Glenn Close is ready once again for her close-up as Norma Desmond
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Sunset Boulevard review – imperious Glenn Close gives show new lease of lifeSemi-staged performance brings us closer to Billy Wilder’s film than Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1993 version
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English National Opera is facing a disgraceful finaleLetters: Is there the political will to support two full-time opera companies in London, supposedly the world’s cultural capital?
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The shock resignation of music director Mark Wigglesworth – who opposed cost-cutting measures – sees English National Opera facing yet another crisis. The only way the company can survive is to embrace changeENO: The situation looks bleak, but it need not be terminal
Rory Kinnear on his opera debut: 'If it’s a disaster, I apologise'