English National Opera’s Ring Cycle, the first in over 15 years, is a co-production with the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. It got off to a disappointing start in 2021 with The Valkyrie. ENO is i ...
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At its premiere in Paris in 1875 the French critics thought Georges Bizet’s Carmen, with its prostitution, lust, violence and murder, was scandalous and obscene. They found the music garish. The opera ...
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Prince Siegfried falls in love with a white swan (Odette, pure innocent) and is seduced by a black swan (Odile, evil and erotic). No other ballet is staged so often. No other ballet is more loved. No ...
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First things first. It’s not a wonderful life for English National Opera at present. ENO has been at the London Coliseum since 1968 and has made opera accessible to new audiences with many memorable p ...
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