This May Carrie Cracknell presents a powerful new staging of Berg's 20th century masterpiece. David Lan (Artistic Director at the Young Vic theatre) talks about Carrie Cracknell.
Performances 11-25 May.
Tickets from £19
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Watch the production trailer for Carrie Cracknell's acclaimed production of Wozzeck.
Wozzeck tells the story of a simple soldier, troubled by visions, who murders his unfaithful partner and dies, leaving behind an orphaned child. Berg's early 20th-century masterpiece comes to ENO for the first time in 25 years.
Wozzeck is conducted by ENO's award-winning Music Director Edward Gardner, whose conducting of Peter Grimes (2012) was described as having 'breathtaking lyrical ferocity' (The Guardian).
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To celebrate European Opera Day, we talk to Carrie Cracknell about directing her first opera: ENO's dramatic new production of Berg's Wozzeck.
Performances 11-25 May, eno.org.
Find out more about European Opera Day at operadays.eu
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The UK premiere of Philip Glass's much-anticipated new opera, The Perfect American which vividly re-imagines the final months of Walt Disney's life.
This new production reunites the award-winning creative team of Improbable and 59 Productions whose sensational staging of Philip Glass's Satyagraha was a popular and critical success for the Company with 5-stars across the board and sell-out performances.
This time round they are joined by 2000 Olympic Games designer Dan Potra and choreographer Ben Wright to bring to life this remarkable story using their own unique visual language and characters. Fresh from their success in Madrid the celebrated cast come to London with Christopher Purves playing Walt Disney, David Pittsinger his brother Roy and Janis Kelly as studio nurse, Hazel George.
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This May Carrie Cracknell presents a powerful new staging of Berg's 20th century masterpiece. Ed Gardner (conductor) talks about the music.
Performances 11-25 May.
Tickets from £19
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#ENOWozzeck
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This May Carrie Cracknell presents a powerful new staging of Berg's 20th century masterpiece. In this film, she talks about the resonance of the story and her vision for the production.
Performances 11-25 May.
Tickets from £19
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#ENOWozzeck
This May Carrie Cracknell presents a powerful new staging of Berg's 20th century masterpiece. In this film, Leigh Melrose (Wozzeck) explains the opera's main themes.
Performances 11-25 May.
Tickets from £19
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Puccini's La bohème is one of the most popular and captivating operas of all-time. With its emotionally charged story of Mimi and Rodolfo's fleeting love affair and some of the great Italian composer's most ravishingly beautiful music, it never fails to move and enchant.
29 April - 29 June 2013
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What connects the disappearance of a software engineer, a neurotic film-maker and a gullible patroness of the arts? The latest work from award-winning composer and director Michel Van der Aa, this new film-opera explores hoax and dark truth, with a libretto from Cloud Atlas novelist David Mitchell.
Sunken Garden: Performances at the Barbican, 12 - 20 April.
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What connects the disappearance of a software engineer, a neurotic film-maker and a gullible patroness of the arts? The latest work from award-winning composer and director Michel Van der Aa, this new film-opera explores hoax and dark truth, with a libretto from Cloud Atlas novelist David Mitchell.
Sunken Garden: Performances at the Barbican, 12 - 20 April.
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Here's a short film that takes you behind the scenes at the ENO workshops and gives a glimpse of what it takes to create Cupid's plane which features in the company's smash-hit show, Medea.
3 months....
...Over 1000 man hours
...10 prop makers
...1152 cubic meters of polystyrene
...10 metres of bright pink fur
(Fake, of course)...
...10 litres of red paint
...15 litres of glue
...and a whole lot of glitter
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Acclaimed opera director David McVicar and star mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly reunite following the overwhelming success of their previous collaborations for ENO in
Der Rosenkavalier and Agrippina.
Audiences and critics have been astounded by this 'stylish production' (Daily Telegraph) with most papers giving it 4 or 5 star reviews
'David McVicar's production of Charpentier's Médée... is the most brilliant show to have graced the Coliseum in years.' - The Independent
'Sarah Connolly and David McVicar lead a triumphant return to French baroque for ENO.' theartsdesk.com
'Connolly, at the peak of her powers.' - The Guardian
'The towering central performance of Sarah Connolly. Singing with coruscating power, acting with white-hot intensity.' - The Times
'There is accomplished singing from Brindley Sherratt (Creon), Roderick Williams (Orontes), Katherine Manley (Creusa) and Rhian Lois (Nerina).' - Daily Telegraph
'An exceptionally strong cast of singer-actors, and by a top-notch period ensemble under Christian Curnyn's direction.' - The Independent
'Fervently conducted by Christian Curnyn, sung and played with passion and style.'
The Times
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An exclusive behind the scenes insight to ENO's new production of Philip Glass's, The Perfect American. This short film explores Director Phelim Mc Dermott and Choreographer Ben Wright's early thoughts and ideas for this much anticipated and exciting new work.
Co-commissioned and co-produced by ENO and Teatro Real Madrid
1-28 June | 9 performances | London Coliseum
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Jonathan Miller's production for ENO has quickly become a company classic and here receives its second revival since its 2009 premiere. Inspired by Brassaï's photographs of the Paris Left Bank in the 1930s, Miller modernises the original bohemian setting to evoke the stark poverty of the day, creating a highly effective contemporary resonance, citing the film Withnail and I as an inspiration. Playing Mimì is Kate Valentine, who in recent seasons has played the Countess in Fiona Shaw's production of The Marriage of Figaro and an 'excellent' (The Times) Helena in Christopher Alden's Olivier Award-nominated A Midsummer Night's Dream. Gwyn Hughes Jones returns to the role of Rodolfo following his great success in ENO's 2010 production, and recent acclaimed Pinkerton in Madam Butterfly.
29 April - 29 June, 2013
14 performance ONLY
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Sarah Connolly sings 'Such is the price of love' from Charpentier's Medea exclusively for ENO in advance of the Feb 15 opening of David McVicar's new production at the London Coliseum.
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One of the best-loved operas of all time, Bizet's Carmen is an enduring tale of passion, seduction and tragedy. With some of the most beautiful and instantly recognisable music in all opera, Bizet's dazzling score brims with famous melodies including the sultry 'Habanera' and the vibrant 'Toreador' and 'Flower' songs. Calixto Bieito's acclaimed production comes to ENO following sell-out performances across Europe and brings a fresh, modern approach to this great work.
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ENO's complelling new production of Vaughan Williams's sublime opera.
Continuing its commitment to celebrating the best of English opera, ENO follows its acclaimed productions of Vaughan Williams's jovial Sir John in Love and poignant Riders to the Sea with its first-ever staging of the composer's rapturous response to one of the best-loved adventure stories in the English language.
5 - 28 Nov | Tickets from ONLY £19
BOOK NOW at eno.org or call 020 7845 9300
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Just over 125 years since its initial record-breaking run, The Mikado remains Gilbert and Sullivan's most popular operetta. For a staggering fifth of that total time, it has also been virtually synonymous with Jonathan Miller's dazzlingly inventive and stunningly stylish song-and-dance staging, which has proved an unfailing 'source of innocent merriment' ever since it first graced the London Coliseum stage in 1986.
Wittily transposing the topsy-turvy Victorian values of Gilbert's mock-oriental Town of Titipu to a Marx Brothers-inspired take on the denizens of a very English 1930s seaside hotel, Miller's much-loved production returns, two years after celebrating its silver jubilee. The starry cast of seasoned veterans and fresh-faced newcomers is led by ENO's resident master of the comic patter song, Richard Suart, who this season celebrates his own 25th anniversary in the role of Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner.
Performances
Dec 1, 5*, 7, 8 & Jan 21*, 25, 26, 30, 31 at 7.30pm | Dec 1, 8 & Jan 26 at 2.30pm
12 performances. Running time: 2hrs 35mins
Signed-performance, Tue Jan 21
Pre-performance talk, Wed Dec 5, 5.15 -- 6pm, £5/£2.50 concs
To book, visit: http://www.eno.org/see-whats-on/productions/production-page.php?&itemid=2134
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George's doves have appeared in every performance of Nicholas Hytner's The Magic Flute since it entered the ENO repertoire in 1988.
A mercurial mix of fairy-tale adventure, knockabout farce, moral allegory and, above all, marvellous music (including the thrilling Queen of the Night Aria), Mozart's The Magic Flute was premiered just ten weeks before the composer's tragically early death. It proved to be the biggest popular success of his short life, as well as arguably the most deeply moving of all his operas.
Acclaimed as 'a well-established jewel of ENO's repertoire' (Evening Standard) and 'one of ENO's most magical productions' (The Times), National Theatre Director Nicholas Hytner's spectacular staging has thrilled audiences of all ages since it was first seen in 1988 and now returns -- complete with giant serpent, dancing bears and live performing birds -- to celebrate its 25th anniversary on the London Coliseum stage.
With its panto-style storyline, catchy tunes, broad comedy and profound humanity, The Magic Flute is the perfect introduction to opera for anyone who has never been before.
Performances:
Sep 13*, 15, 21, 26* & Oct 11, 15, 18 at 7.30pm | Oct 6 at 6.30pm | Sep 23 & Oct 13 at 3pm
10 performances. Running time: 2hrs 50mins
Pre-performance talk, Sat Sep 15, 5.15 -- 6pm, £5/£2.50 concs
London Coliseum tour on performance day, Sat Oct 6; tour starts at 11.30am, £10 per person
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MISSING
HAVE YOU SEEN BORIS THE BEAR?
Age: 4
Height: as tall as 6 magic flutes
Weight: as heavy as 6 regular tubas
Last seen Monday 3 September in rehearsals for Magic Flute.
Boris is quite young and hasn't been to London before.
If you see him, let us know on twitter using #boristhebear.
Follow his account @abearnamedboris.
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Starring Damon Albarn
About the production
Following the success of Damon Albarn's Monkey: Journey to the West, ENO presents the London premiere of Albarn's visionary new opera Dr Dee.
Although largely unknown today, Doctor Dee was the quintessential Renaissance Man. From astrology to alchemy and physics to philosophy, his thirst for knowledge was insatiable and, as a key advisor to Elizabeth I, he is credited with providing much of the intelligence which shaped 'the British Empire' established under her rule. Dee also dabbled in the occult and, ultimately, this fascination destroyed him. Conned by a deranged medium, Dee's career ended in disgrace and sexual scandal and he died discredited and penniless.
This fascinating figure is bought to life by the extraordinary talents of composer and musician Damon Albarn, and director Rufus Norris. Albarn's music is an ingenious mix of pop vocals, much of which he will perform live on-stage, with contemporary orchestral music played on 16th-century period instruments. Rufus Norris's staging presents five centuries of English history and the three realms of earth, heaven and hell, with the virtuosic flare which has secured him a raft of awards and five-star reviews from London to Broadway.
Reviews of Dr Dee's 2011 staging at the Manchester International Festival:
'Fresh, original and heartfelt... I was entranced'
The Daily Telegraph
'A thoroughly beguiling spectacle... deserves a gold medal for sheer imagination and invention'
The Observer
'A breathtaking spectacle... rich in invention, imagery and imagination'
The Stage
Performances
June 25, 26, 28, 29 & July 4, 6, 7 at 7.30pm , July 7 at 2.30pm
8 performances. Running time: 2hrs.
Pre-performance talk: Thur June 28, 5.30-6.15pm, £5
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Album
"Dr Dee", a new studio album by Damon Albarn, set for release by Parlophone Records on 7th May 2012. Dr Dee is 18 tracks of songs combining Albarn's voice with early English choral and instrumentation alongside modern, West African and Renaissance sounds. Dr Dee was recorded late last year in Albarn's West London studio and also in Salford with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. The album was mixed by Valgeir Sigursson in Reykjavik. Dr Dee will be available on CD, vinyl and as a digital download. For more info visit: http://widgets.platform.emi.com/landing/c02742dc31874568b24864530c053359.html
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Starring Damon Albarn
About the production
Following the success of Damon Albarn's Monkey: Journey to the West, ENO presents the London premiere of Albarn's visionary new opera Dr Dee.
Although largely unknown today, Doctor Dee was the quintessential Renaissance Man. From astrology to alchemy and physics to philosophy, his thirst for knowledge was insatiable and, as a key advisor to Elizabeth I, he is credited with providing much of the intelligence which shaped 'the British Empire' established under her rule. Dee also dabbled in the occult and, ultimately, this fascination destroyed him. Conned by a deranged medium, Dee's career ended in disgrace and sexual scandal and he died discredited and penniless.
This fascinating figure is bought to life by the extraordinary talents of composer and musician Damon Albarn, and director Rufus Norris. Albarn's music is an ingenious mix of pop vocals, much of which he will perform live on-stage, with contemporary orchestral music played on 16th-century period instruments. Rufus Norris's staging presents five centuries of English history and the three realms of earth, heaven and hell, with the virtuosic flare which has secured him a raft of awards and five-star reviews from London to Broadway.
Reviews of Dr Dee's 2011 staging at the Manchester International Festival:
'Fresh, original and heartfelt... I was entranced'
The Daily Telegraph
'A thoroughly beguiling spectacle... deserves a gold medal for sheer imagination and invention'
The Observer
'A breathtaking spectacle... rich in invention, imagery and imagination'
The Stage
Performances
June 25, 26, 28, 29 & July 4, 6, 7 at 7.30pm , July 7 at 2.30pm
8 performances. Running time: 2hrs.
Pre-performance talk: Thur June 28, 5.30-6.15pm, £5
For more info and booking visit: http://www.eno.org/see-whats-on/productions/production-page.php?itemid=1885
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ENO continues to refresh its Britten repertoire with this new production by the team behind ENO's award-winning Peter Grimes.
A metaphysical battle between good and evil fought out aboard a British man-o'-war, Britten's richly orchestrated all-male opera was originally commissioned for the 1951 Festival of Britain and is considered to be one of the composer's finest works.
Starring Benedict Nelson (a 'standout' Demetrius in 2011's A Midsummer Night's Dream) as Billy, Matthew Rose as Claggart, the malevolent master-at-arms, and Kim Begley as Vere, the morally conflicted captain, this new staging reunites the award-winning director-conductor partnership of David Alden and Edward Gardner from 2009's Peter Grimes.
Performances
June 18, 23, 27, & July 3, 5 at 7pm | June 30 at 6pm | July 8 at 3pm
7 performances. Running time: 2hrs 55mins
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Benedict Nelson, playing the title role in Billy Budd, gives Kirsten O'Brien a taste of the opera's music during the second week of rehearsals when he sings the aria 'Billy in the Darbies' accompanied by piano.
About the production
ENO continues to refresh its Britten repertoire with this new production by the team behind ENO's award-winning Peter Grimes.
A metaphysical battle between good and evil fought out aboard a British man-o'-war, Britten's richly orchestrated all-male opera was originally commissioned for the 1951 Festival of Britain and is considered to be one of the composer's finest works.
Starring Benedict Nelson (a 'standout' Demetrius in 2011's A Midsummer Night's Dream) as Billy, Matthew Rose as Claggart, the malevolent master-at-arms, and Kim Begley as Vere, the morally conflicted captain, this new staging reunites the award-winning director-conductor partnership of David Alden and Edward Gardner from 2009's Peter Grimes.
Performances
June 18, 23, 27, & July 3, 5 at 7pm | June 30 at 6pm | July 8 at 3pm
7 performances. Running time: 2hrs 55mins
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Wozzeck: Carrie Cracknell on directing her first opera
WOZZECK In Focus: Leigh Melrose
English National Opera 2013/14 Season
Puccini's La boheme at English National Opera
Sunken Garden: Teaser 2 featuring Kate Miller-Heidke
ENO Medea - building Cupid's plane
The Perfect American - rehearsal trailer
Jonathan Miller's sublime production of La boheme returns to ENO
The Mikado - Production Preview
George Fay: The Bird Man of ENO
Billy Budd Production Trailer with Audience Reactions
Billy Budd: Benedict Nelson sings Billy in the Darbies solo
