English National Opera (ENO)
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The Carducci Quartet play two days of Mendelssohn’s piano music, while Buxton hosts a new production of Verdi’s first attempt at a Shakespearean opera
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English National Opera’s rehearsal space becomes a post-apocalyptic crater in an imaginative and strongly sung production of Jonathan Dove’s chamber opera
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After a turbulent few years, Daniel Kramer and Martyn Brabbins reveal plans for next season – with works ranging from slapstick to thriller
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Katherine Jenkins and Alfie Boe sound as good as you might expect, but ‘semi-staged’ here signifies a lack of acting talent
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Despite the culottes and mustachios, ENO’s revival of its 2008 production retains enough substance to back up its arch styling
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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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Marius de Vries joins as creative consultant to help new artistic director develop projects away from traditional opera
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A top ENO cast and orchestra do justice to Ryan Wigglesworth’s The Winter’s Tale. Plus Debussy to die for at Scottish Opera
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Rory Kinnear debuts as director for English National Opera in Ryan Wigglesworth’s accomplished first opera, but the inventive music fails to take charge of the story
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BBCNOW 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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Guardian 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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Gražinytė-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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William 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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Respected conductor takes over from Mark Wigglesworth as company seeks stability after two years of cuts and crises
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Penny 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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Opera North delivers a devastating Puccini double bill, as a brutal new Don Giovanni turns heads at ENO
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Jones’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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With 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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From 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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Former 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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English 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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The Dream of Gerontius; Die Walküre; Jenufa; L’incoronazione di Poppea – review