English Touring Opera

Artform: Music
Region: London
Local authority: Islington

English Touring Opera (ETO) presents opera in English throughout the country, with a particular emphasis on areas where there is no access to a resident opera company. ETO mounts four productions a year of core opera repertory in more than 12 towns across England, supported by an imaginative year-round education programme. Our funding supports core costs.

Funding awards

2012-2013: £1,577,015
2013-2014: £1,766,256
2014-2015: £1,819,244

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In the Belly of the Horse Trailer.mov

Trailer for In The Belly of the Horse, English Touring Opera's fully interactive children's opera for Key Stage 2 pupils, exploring the fantastic story that leads the Greeks to build the wooden horse.

Giacomo Puccini, Gianni Schicchi - English Touring Opera, 2011

English Touring Opera presents a new production of Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini. Part of ETO's spring 2011 season. For more information visit: http://englishtouringopera.org.uk/productions/il-tabarro-and-gianni-schicchi

Il tabarro, Giacomo Puccini

Trailer of English Touring Opera's production of Il tabarro by Giacomo Puccini. Part of ETO's spring 2011 season. For more information visit: http://englishtouringopera.org.uk/productions/il-tabarro-and-gianni-schicchi

Fantastic Mr Fox trailer

Trailer for English Touring Opera's Spring 2011 production of Fantastic Mr Fox. Touring UK February-May 201q. See http://englishtouringopera.org.uk for more info.

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Alexander Goehr - Promised End extract

Stunning photos and haunting music from English Touring Opera's world premiere production of Alexander Goehr's opera, Promised End, based on King Lear.

Alexander Goehr on his childhood in Malvern

Alexander Goehr talks about his childhood experiences in Malvern, ahead of English Touring Opera's production of Goehr's opera, Promised End, in Malvern Theatres.

Alexander Goehr on Promised End (3/4) English Touring Opera

Conversation between director James Conway and composer Alexander Goehr about English Touring Opera's world premiere production of Promised End. Part 3 explores Goehr's relationship with his performers and his particular choice of English Touring Opera to perform his final opera.

Alexander Goehr on Promised End (2/4) English Touring Opera

Conversation between director James Conway and composer Alexander Goehr about English Touring Opera's world premiere production of Promised End. Part 2 explores Goehr's setting of Shakespeare's text, and his collaboration with the late Sir Frank Kermode.

Alexander Goehr on Promised End (1/4) English Touring Opera

Conversation between director James Conway and composer Alexander Goehr about English Touring Opera's world premiere production of Promised End. Part 1 explores Goehr's thinking behind basing his opera on Shakespeare's great tragedy, King Lear, and the difficulties and opportunities with setting such a text.

Making of the posters - Autumn 2010

Our graphic designer, Joana Monteiro, shows us in pictures some of the thought processes and techniques that went into creating our unusual posters for Autumn 2010.

Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream trailer

Trailer for English Touring Opera's Spring 2010 production of Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Touring UK March-May 2010. See http://englishtouringopera.org.uk for more info.

Mozart - Marriage of Figaro trailer - non piu andrai

Trailer for English Touring Opera's Spring 2010 production of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. Touring UK March-May 2010. See http://englishtouringopera.org.uk for more info.

Donizetti - Don Pasquale trailer

Trailer for English Touring Opera's Spring 2010 production of Donizetti's Don Pasquale. Touring UK March-May 2010. See http://englishtouringopera.org.uk for more info.

English Touring Opera Spring 2010 vox pop

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English Touring Opera Spring 2010 preview

Preview of English Touring Opera's Spring 2010 season. For tour dates aned venues, see: http://englishtouringopera.org.uk/tour-dates/spring-2010

Britten A Midsummer Night's Dream preview

Preview of English Touring Opera's performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream for Spring 2010. For information, pictures and tickets, see: http://englishtouringopera.org.uk/productions/a-midsummer-nights-dream

Mozart The Marriage of Figaro preview

Preview of English Touring Opera's performance of Don Pasquale for Spring 2010. For information, pictures and tickets, see: http://englishtouringopera.org.uk/productions/the-marriage-of-figaro

Donizetti Don Pasquale preview

Preview of English Touring Opera's performance of Don Pasquale for Spring 2010. For information, pictures and tickets, see: http://englishtouringopera.org.uk/productions/don-pasquale

Handel Alcina trailer