ENO Orchestra
Under the baton of ENO’s Music Director, the ENO Orchestra is at the heart of the company’s artistic life.
The ENO Orchestra performs a diverse range of repertoire, from Charpentier’s Medea to Wagner’s The Mastersingers of Nuremburg.
In recent years, they have given the world premiere performances of Julian Anderson’s Thebans, Tansy Davies’ Between Worlds and Nico Muhly’s Two Boys as well as UK premieres of Philip Glass’s The Perfect American and John Adams’s Doctor Atomic.
Performances are regularly broadcast by BBC Radio 3 and screened live to cinemas worldwide as part of ENO Screen.
Recent recordings include Kate Royal’s CD Midsummer Night (2009), conducted by former ENO Music Director Edward Gardner, Janácek’s The Makropulos Case, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras (2007) and Verdi’s Macbeth (2013), as part of Chandos’s Opera in English series.
The Orchestra also participates in a side-by-side mentoring scheme, ENO Evolve, in which students from the Royal College of Music shadow ENO players gaining valuable experience of life in a professional opera orchestra.
The ENO Orchestra are passionately involved in the work of ENO Baylis, our learning and participation team, notably taking part in Opera Squad which brings the world of opera to life in the schools across London.
Leader
Janice Graham
Associate Leader
Gonzalo Acosta
First violins
Julia Rumley
Margaret Roseberry
Jayne Walker
Jeremy Allen
Catherine Haggo
Simon Jackson
Jacqui Miles
Kolbrun Lovell
David O’Leary
Second violins
Sophia Durrant
Claire Sterling
Elizabeth-Anne Neil
Sophie Kostecki
Susan Carvell
Jonathan Newton
Claire-Louise Sankey
Glen Sheldon
David Spencer
Naomi Mitchell
Violas
Rebecca Chambers
Delyth John
Terry Nettle
William Clark
James Hogg
Samantha Hutchins
Penelope Thompson
Cellos
Rudi de Groote
David Newby
Caroline Gough
William Bruce
David Perks
Gillian Bragg
Double basses
Graham Mitchell
Hugh Sparrow
Rupert Ring
Andrew Jones
Duncan Goode
Flutes
Claire Wickes
Katie Bedford
Alan Baker
Piccolo
Alan Baker
Oboes
Ruth Bolister
Rosie Jenkins
Helen Vigurs
Cor Anglais
Helen Vigurs
Clarinets
Barnaby Robson
Peter Sparks
Robert Ault
Bass clarinet
Robert Ault
Bassoons
Amy Harman
Simon Couzens
Catherine Duckett
Contra bassoon
Catherine Duckett
Horns
John Thurgood
Peter Blake
Corinne Bailey
Andrew Sutton
Trumpets
Colin Clague / Julian Brewer
William O’Sullivan
Trombones
Becky Smith
Martin Kelly
Joe Arnold
Tuba/Cimbasso
Nicholas Hitchens
Timpani
William Lockhart / Dominic Hackett
Percussion
Michael Doran
Giles Harrison
Harp
Alison Martin
Orchestra Manager
Richard Meads
Assistant Orchestra Manager
Charlotte Sandford
Orchestra Logistics Manager
Kevin Elwick
