ENO Weekly Round Up, Week of 18/5/20

26th May 2020 in News

ENO Harewood Artist Nadine Benjamin demonstrates how high a soprano can sing:

So how high can a soprano sing? 🤔Up next in our #ENOVoiceTypes series, #ENOHarewoodArtist Nadine Benjamin demonstrates…

Posted by English National Opera on Wednesday, May 20, 2020

The latest #ENOLegoChallenge was in honour of London Coliseum architect, Frank Matcham:

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😍 Our beautiful London Coliseum in honour of architect Frank Matcham's Centenary last weekend 🙌 #ENOLegoChallenge #Matcham100

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The NHS staff at Barnet Hospital show off their scrubs made by the ENO Costume team.

Great to see these happy faces in ENO scrubs at Barnet General Hospital 💙🌈🧵

Help our amazing Costume team to continue making scrubs for the #NHS here 👉 https://t.co/pJ9dPzB2YH #ENOLovesTheNHS @nhsherosupport pic.twitter.com/zLl5yidjgT

— English National Opera (@E_N_O) May 19, 2020

After the 8pm clapping for our carers, Anton and Fiona from our Chorus decided to treat their neighbours to a rendition of Verdi’s ‘Va, pensiero’.

We wanted to bring some music to everyone at home near and far, so tonight we've started #DoorstepOpera with members of our brilliant chorus treating their neighbours to Verdi's 'Va, pensiero' 🎶

Posted by English National Opera on Sunday, May 24, 2020

Once again, we finish our round up with the latest quiz!

</p> <section> <h2>ENO Weekly Quiz, Vol. 10</h2> <p> </p> <p>Welcome to the ENO Weekly Quiz, with a new set of topics and questions to keep those brains busy!</p> <p> </p> <p>We’ll be putting together a five round quiz each week. One of the rounds will be about opera, the other four will cover a wide range of topics.</p> <p> </p> <p>Test yourself and share how you did with #ENOQuiz on social media.</p> </section> <section> <h2> <h2><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff;">Opera: Which of the following is not an opera by Verdi?</strong><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff;"> </strong></h2> </h2> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>Opera:</strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Which British <span style="caret-color: #ffffff;">composer declined</span> an </span><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="caret-color: #ffffff;">invitation to write the music for David Lean’s film Laurence of Arabia?</span></span></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>Opera: </strong><strong style="color: #fefefe; background-color: transparent;">Which opera ends with the guillotining of its main character?</strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="background-color: transparent;">Opera: </strong><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #fefefe;">Which French composer wrote an opera about Henry VIII?</strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3><strong>General Knowledge: </strong><strong style="color: #fefefe; background-color: transparent;">How were Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden collectively known?</strong></h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>General Knowledge: </strong><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #fefefe;">Delia Smith is a major shareholder of which English football club?</strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>General Knowledge: </strong><strong style="color: #fefefe; background-color: transparent;">Which singer has Beyonce <span style="text-decoration: underline;">not</span> recorded with?</strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3><strong>General Knowledge: </strong><strong style="color: #fefefe;">Which country has not yet had a female head of state?</strong></p> <h2></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="color: #ffffff; background-color: transparent;">London: </strong><strong style="color: #fefefe; background-color: transparent;">Which of these London bridges is furthest East?</strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">London: </span></strong><strong style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: #fefefe;"><span style="color: #fefefe; font-size: 18px;">Which tube station is the oldest?</span></strong></h3> </section> <section> <h3><strong style="color: #ffffff; background-color: transparent;">London: Only three London boroughs carry the honorific title of ‘Royal Borough’</strong><span style="color: #fefefe; background-color: transparent;"><strong>. Which one does not?</strong></span></p> <h2></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff;">Saints: </strong><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #fefefe;">St Martin’s Lane, the street which is home to the London Coliseum, is named for the <span style="caret-color: #fefefe;">church</span> of St Martin-in-the-fields. Which St Martin is the church dedicated to?</span></span></h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="color: #ffffff; background-color: transparent;">Saints: British nurse </strong><span style="color: #fefefe; background-color: transparent;">Edith Cavell is remembered by the Church of England on their ‘Calendar of Saints’. In which month is she remembered?</span></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff;">Tennis: </strong><span style="color: #fefefe;">Which tennis player has won the most Grand Slam singles titles?</span></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="caret-color: #ffffff;"><strong>Tennis: Who is the 2019 Wimbledon Ladies Singles Champion?</strong></span></span></p> <h2></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff;">Tennis: </strong><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #fefefe;">Which Grand Slam tournament has the highest prize <span style="caret-color: #fefefe;">money for</span> its two singles champions?</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000;"></span></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h2>Better luck next time!</p> <h2><strong></strong></h2> </h2> <p> </p> <p>Share your score with #ENOQuiz on social media!</p> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>No worries!</strong></h2> </h3> <p> </p> <p>Share your score with #ENOQuiz on social media!</p> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>Pretty solid!</strong></h2> </h3> <p> </p> <p>Share your score with #ENOQuiz on social media!</p> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>Well done!</strong></h2> </h3> <p> </p> <p>Share your score with #ENOQuiz on social media!</p> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>You’re a pro!</strong></h2> </h3> <p> </p> <p>Share your score with #ENOQuiz on social media!</p> </section> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>

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