ENO Weekly Round Up, Week of 06/7/20

Tue 14 Jul 2020

News

Catch up on all the news from our social channels this week.

The design community Scene Change visited us this week.

English National Opera have been deeply moved by the Black Lives Matter movement in the US and the UK. We filmed members of our ENO family responding to the movement.

View this post on Instagram > > [“Breakfast for dinner or dinner for breakfast?” “Night out or night in?” > “Black lives matter, yes or no?” Nine people from around the world and > living in London sing, dance, speak and play, exploring what it means to > raise your voice for the colour of your skin. ‘What Do You Hope For?’ is an > honest, thoughtful and personal short film of music from world-class > operatic artists, and interviews with the voices behind the voices. —- Black > Lives Matter. —- Curated and directed by Simone Ibbett-Brown Film by Nick > Kofi @juliadw_soprano, @damegaj, @1dunnu, @narduswill.i.ams, > @gerrardmartindance, @allysondevenish66, @errollyn9552, @nick_kofi, > @simonejib](https://www.instagram.com/tv/CClTO– > VBecZ/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading) > > A post shared by English National Opera > ENO > (@englishnationalopera) on Jul 13, 2020 at 5:50am PDT

[Watch all 7 videos](https://www.eno.org/news/eno-responds-to-the-black-lives– matter-movement/)

This week, ENO got involved in BBC bitesize.

The government announced extra funding for the arts sector (and the BBC used a photo of the interior of the London Coliseum on their website)

View this post on Instagram > > Statement from Stuart Murphy, Chief Executive: “The government have > brought the arts back from a cliff edge and on behalf of all our staff, > audiences and performers, we at ENO are hugely appreciative. Such support > will allow ENO to continue our long and vibrant history of creative > innovation, bringing opera, classical music and the wider arts to as many > people as possible, both in the London Coliseum and beyond. There are > challenging times ahead but we’ve shown how adaptable ENO can be having > pulled together our forthcoming drive-in opera which allows us to perform to > people in a socially distanced world. This is just one of the many > innovative projects the arts have devised in this period. This announcement > allows the whole of the UK arts sector to plan with confidence, and we thank > all those who have worked so hard on the deal. The arts matter and this > package recognises that. We look forward to learning more in the days > ahead.” > > A post shared by English National Opera > ENO > (@englishnationalopera) on Jul 6, 2020 at 12:49am PDT

Test yourself with our weekly quiz – how are you on your Beatrix Potter? Universities? Baby names?

ENO Weekly Quiz, Vol. 17

Welcome to the ENO Weekly Quiz, with a new set of topics and questions to keep your brains busy!

We’ve put together a five-round quiz for you. We’re an opera company so obviously one of the rounds will definitely be about opera, but the other four will be on other general knowledge topics. This week – Baby names, universities, Royal musicians and Beatrix Potter!

Test yourself and share how you did with #ENOQuiz on your social media channels.

Baby Names beginning with E: According to ONS data from 2018, which of the following girl’s names was the most popular in England and Wales?

Universities: Which of the following London music college is the newest?

Universities: After Oxford and Cambridge Universities, the next 5 universities founded in the UK were all in Scotland. Which was founded first?****

Universities: Which British university was the first to award degrees to women?

Beatrix Potter Books: In the Tale of Peter Rabbit, Peter disobeys his mother and goes into the vegetable garden of a local man. What is his name?

Beatrix Potter Books: What type of animal is Mr Jeremy Fisher?

Beatrix Potter Books: Peter Rabbit returns in the book ‘Tale of Benjamin Bunny’. How are Benjamin and Peter related?****

Royal Musicians: Which of these composers has not been Master of the King’s/Queen’s Music?

Royal Musicians: The Queen’s Medal for Music is an annual award, instituted in 2005, for contribution to the musical life of Great Britain. Which of the following musicians has not yet won the award?

Royal Musicians: Which of these musicians has not been Organist at Westminster Abbey?

Opera: Puccini’s La bohème is set in which city?