Opera Lit
To celebrate the European Opera Days on 8 & 9 May 2010, ENO are launching Opera Lit, a series of compelling Podcasts inspired by this season's productions. With the aim of reinventing the old-fashioned synopsis form whilst providing illumination for both new and existing audiences, leading British authors have been commissioned to re-imagine the plots of up-coming English National Opera productions.
Find out more about European Opera Days by visiting http://www.operadays.eu/en/default.asp
Tosca - retold by Sally Gardner, read by Emilia Fox
The first Opera Lit Podcast features a script by award-winning children’s author and illustrator Sally Gardner (I, Coriander). Her dramatic re-telling of the Puccini opera Tosca has been recorded by actress Emilia Fox (Silent Witness, Merlin).
The Perch Fishers - The Pearl Fishers retold and read by Ian McMillan
Ian McMillan, performance poet and presenter of BBC3's The Verb, has created the second Podcast in the Opera Lit series. The Perch Fishers is a witty and entertaining retelling of Bizet’s The
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Edward Gardner and Toby Spence talk about ENO's new production of Faust.
Watch a video interview with Rufus Norris, Iain Patterson and Kirill Karabits. Music courtesy of CHANDOS.
Short trailer for A Dog's Heart, filmed at De Nederlandse Opera - coming to ENO Nov 20
Watch an interview with Sir Richard Armstrong and Christopher Alden
Watch a video trailer for ENO's new production of Tosca, directed by Catherine Malfitano and starring Amanda Echalaz in the title role
ENO Artistic Director John Berry discusses Tosca’s director Catherine Malfitano and Amanda Echalaz explores the challenges of playing the title role.
Penny Woolcock's sumptuous new staging of Bizet's The Pearl Fishers, starring Alfie Boe.
Conductor Edward Gardner and director Katie Mitchell discuss Mozart’s masterpiece
Watch an interview with David Alden and Laurence Cummings.
Singer Alfie Boe and director Penny Woolcock discuss why they are so moved by Bizet’s masterpiece.
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