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Martyn Rose appointed Chairman of English National Opera
Thu 04 Apr 13 -
Martyn Rose, one of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs and business figures, has today been appointed as the chairman of English National Opera, a role he will take up on 1 May 2013.
ENO Chairman Vernon Ellis Awarded Knighthood
Date published: Fri 31 Dec 10
Vernon Ellis, Chairman of ENO and passionate supporter of the arts has been awarded a Knighthood in the 2011 New Year’s Honours List for Services to Music.
Nikolaus Lehnhoff’s acclaimed production of Wagner’s Parsifal returns to ENO
Date published: Mon 06 Dec 10
Nickolaus Lehnhoff returns to direct his highly acclaimed production of Wagner’s masterpiece Parsifal for its final revival. First performed in 1999, Lenhoff’s production was hailed as one of the great Wagnerian stagings of the last two decades, and having travelled to San Francisco, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and the Gran Teatro del Liceu in Barcelona, returns to the London Coliseum for its first revival. British conductor Mark Wigglesworth leads an outstanding ensemble cast with Stuart Skelton in the title role, Iain Paterson as the fallen King Amfortas, John Tomlinson as Gurnemanz and Iréne Theorin sings the role of Kundry.
Date published: Thu 02 Dec 10
ENO’s joyous and iconic interpretation of The Mikado is revived in its 25th anniversary year, complete with high-kicking chorus lines, satirical touches and a wonderfully elegant score. Jonathan Miller’s widely-acclaimed production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s ‘Japanese’ satire takes the story out of the tiny oriental town of Titipu and sets it in the faintly seedy grandeur of a 1930s English hotel – the perfect place for lampooning targets much closer to home.
Film-maker Mike Figgis makes his operatic debut with a new production of Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia
Date published: Tue 23 Nov 10
Following the success of ENO’s recent Donizetti productions – The Elixir of Love and Lucia di Lammermoor – ENO stages the composer’s psychologically profound masterpiece, Lucrezia Borgia, for the first time in the Company’s history. It is directed by the multi-talented British artist and film-maker Mike Figgis, with Claire Rutter in the title role and conducted by Paul Daniel.
Date published: Wed 13 Oct 10
ENO’s stagings of numerous contemporary operas over the last three seasons have brought together directors and composers in an innovative way. A Dog’s Heart, a De Nederlandse Opera/ENO production, commissioned by DNO and in collaboration with Complicite, is no exception as ENO gives the UK premiere of Russian composer Alexander Raskatov’s first opera, directed by Simon McBurney and conducted by Garry Walker.
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