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AkhnatenEnglish National OperaNo. of reviews: 11 | |
One of the best things ENO has done for ages |
 20 Feb 19 / Express |
ENO’s Akhnaten a mesmerising revival of Philip Glass opera |
| 14 Feb 19 / Gay Times |
The casting of this production is superb |
| 14 Feb 19 / Opera Today |
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Phelim McDermott’s production of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten makes a welcome return to the Coliseum |
| 13 Feb 19 / Classical Source |
Philip Glass’s flight into Egypt is a slow, sensuous and glittering opera |
| 13 Feb 19 / Evening Standard |
Glass's pharaoh casts his spell once more |
| 13 Feb 19 / The Guardian |
Fabulously beautiful staging of a decidedly pretentious opera |
| 13 Feb 19 / Telegraph |
ENO’s triumphant Akhnaten revival shrouds audiences in minimalism and provides balm |
| 13 Feb 19 / Seen and Heard |
A visually extraordinary staging |
| 13 Feb 19 / The Stage |
Mesmerising Akhnaten returns to ENO |
| 13 Feb 19 / Bachtrack |
A meditation on the distant past |
| 13 Feb 19 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
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Behold, the naked Pharaoh: singing Philip Glass's Akhnaten
You need more than a good voice to sing the countertenor role of the sun-worshipping Egyptian leader. But it’s changed Anthony Roth Costanzo's life
You need more than a good voice to sing the countertenor role of the sun-worshipping Egyptian leader. But it’s changed Anthony Roth Costanzo's life
War RequiemEnglish National OperaNo. of reviews: 12 | |
A thoughtful production by ENO's artistic director Daniel Kramer |
| 13 Dec 18 / Express |
Sobre héroes y tumbas |
| 3 Dec 18 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Kramer’s vision and Tilmans’s unforgettable photography create a powerful War Requiem |
| 21 Nov 18 / Seen and Heard |
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Inspiration eludes Kramer in Britten's War Requiem at English National Opera |
| 20 Nov 18 / Bachtrack |
Staging Britten's War Requiem |
| 20 Nov 18 / Opera Today |
This tale of suffering and the struggle to understand the reason for it was superb |
| 20 Nov 18 / Independent |
Staging Britten's choral masterpiece brings uncertain rewards |
| 20 Nov 18 / The Guardian |
A mesmerising performance |
| 20 Nov 18 / Londonist |
Staging the unstageable, Daniel Kramer and ENO's striking version of Britten's large-scale concert work |
| 19 Nov 18 / Planet Hugill |
ENO's attempt to turn Britten's choral masterpiece into an opera had all the subtlety of a fifth-form school play |
| 19 Nov 18 / Telegraph |
Daniel Kramer directs an unforgettable staging |
| 18 Nov 18 / The Stage |
For all the staging’s moments of visual grandeur, it is sympathetic to the music |
| 17 Nov 18 / Classical Source |
La bohèmeEnglish National OperaNo. of reviews: 12 | |
ENO’s Bohème is the safe option, the show you take your granny to |
| 6 Dec 18 / The Spectator |
This staging of La Bohème bids a warm welcome to opera newbies |
| 6 Dec 18 / A Younger Theatre |
A stylish La bohème |
| 2 Dec 18 / The Sunday Times |
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This delightful production of La Bohème is the alternative Christmas show you need |
| 2 Dec 18 / The Reviews Hub |
Jonathan Miller's La bohème returns to the Coliseum |
| 30 Nov 18 / Opera Today |
La Bohème brings a biting Paris winter to life on the London stage |
| 30 Nov 18 / Londonist |
A wonderful evening under the baton of Alexander Joel |
| 28 Nov 18 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
A house debut to savour: Natalya Romaniw soars in revival of ENO's Bohème |
| 28 Nov 18 / Bachtrack |
ENO on top form for welcome resurrection of Miller’s popular La bohème |
| 28 Nov 18 / Seen and Heard |
Surefire revival touches the heights |
| 28 Nov 18 / The Guardian |
Its restraint combines humour, well-defined characterisations and a slow release of emotional tension |
| 28 Nov 18 / Classical Source |
Authoritative staging of a masterpiece that continues to surprise |
| 28 Nov 18 / Telegraph |
Porgy and BessEnglish National OperaNo. of reviews: 10 | |
Del gheto al cielo con los maestros cantores de Charleston |
| 15 Nov 18 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
A vital and sweeping ‘Porgy and Bess’ debuts in London |
| 29 Oct 18 / New York Times |
ENO’s production restores the majestic brilliance of the full score |
| 21 Oct 18 / The Reviews Hub |
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Full of good things |
| 15 Oct 18 / Planet Hugill |
Fine ENO cast but as Catfish Row comes to the Coliseum perhaps Porgy and Bess is too ‘traditional’ |
| 15 Oct 18 / Seen and Heard |
With John Wilson, Gershwin's music is the winner at ENO's Porgy and Bess |
| 13 Oct 18 / Bachtrack |
You can almost hear the heat |
| 13 Oct 18 / The Guardian |
Some first-night caution aside, this will shape up to be one of the company’s signature productions |
| 13 Oct 18 / Classical Source |
The chorus are like the best gospel choir you’ve ever heard |
| 13 Oct 18 / The Times |
Knock-out choruses but a hollow core |
| 13 Oct 18 / Telegraph |
Lucia di LammermoorEnglish National OperaNo. of reviews: 11 | |
A dramatic and musically triumphant mad scene is a highlight of ENO’s Lucia revival |
| 12 Nov 18 / Seen and Heard |
Madness is at the heart of David Alden's production, the only way out for a Lucia controlled equally by brother and lover |
| 5 Nov 18 / Planet Hugill |
We are fortunate to have Sarah Tynan as a superbly well-nuanced and grippingly effective Lucia |
| 31 Oct 18 / Planet Hugill |
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Amid the gothic horror of ENO’s staging Sarah Tynan is a superb Lucia |
| 30 Oct 18 / The Times |
English National Opera revives Lucia di Lammermoor in chilling style |
| 29 Oct 18 / Bachtrack |
English National Opera have hit pure gold in their third outing of the season |
| 29 Oct 18 / Express |
English National Opera revives Lucia di Lammermoor in chilling style |
| 27 Oct 18 / Bachtrack |
David Alden's fine Lucia returns to ENO |
| 27 Oct 18 / Opera Today |
There is blood, there is thunder, there is incest, sacrifice, death and madness |
| 27 Oct 18 / OperaWire |
A superbly cogent piece of theatre |
| 27 Oct 18 / The Guardian |
A blazing revival of a masterpiece |
| 27 Oct 18 / Telegraph |
SalomeEnglish National OperaNo. of reviews: 20 | |
The musical pleasures were supplemented by some good singing and dramatic performances |
| 18 Oct 18 / Opera Journal |
Losing heads in London |
| 17 Oct 18 / ConcertoNet (English) |
A radically feminist version of the story |
| 12 Oct 18 / Express |
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If you’re used to installation art, you’ll take to it more readily |
| 9 Oct 18 / The Critics' Circle |
Blood and guts meet street dance and a kinky Santa in a provocative production of Strauss’s opera |
| 7 Oct 18 / The Observer |
ENO’s cast deserved better than this incompetent, incoherent production of Salome |
| 5 Oct 18 / Seen and Heard |
There will be blood in English National Opera’s Salome |
| 4 Oct 18 / San Francisco Classical Voice |
Once-banned opera Salome is back on the London stage |
| 2 Oct 18 / Londonist |
Flogging a dead horse: a new Salome at English National Opera |
| 2 Oct 18 / Bachtrack |
English National Opera's production is psychologically acute but dramaturgically flawed |
| 2 Oct 18 / Evening Standard |
Visually arresting, but decidedly peculiar |
| 1 Oct 18 / The Stage |
A cold-hearted, half-baked conceptual riff on an opera that should leave you shattered |
| 1 Oct 18 / The Times |
Vividly theatrical, lyrically sung, but.... |
| 1 Oct 18 / Planet Hugill |
ENO's Salome both intrigues and bewilders |
| 1 Oct 18 / Opera Today |
Petals, porn and dead ponies give Strauss a feminist reboot |
| 1 Oct 18 / The Guardian |
Inertia kills strong stage pictures, decent singing and a bejewelled orchestra |
| 30 Sep 18 / The Arts Desk |
The excellent cast captures the audience from the start |
| 30 Sep 18 / The Upcoming |
Headless horses with floral innards in theatre of the absurd |
| 30 Sep 18 / Independent |
Big on gesture but short on enlightenment |
| 30 Sep 18 / Classical Source |
A baffling, feminine interpretation of Strauss |
| 30 Sep 18 / Telegraph |
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Heady stuff: Salome, a bloody and brutal heroine for our age?
Strauss’s opera, with its necrophilia, nudity and sheer nastiness is - and always was - a huge challenge for singers. Can a new production coming to ENO emphasise its ‘mythic and feminine’ elements?
Strauss’s opera, with its necrophilia, nudity and sheer nastiness is - and always was - a huge challenge for singers. Can a new production coming to ENO emphasise its ‘mythic and feminine’ elements?
Paul BunyanEnglish National OperaNo. of reviews: 6 | |
Where the opera fails is in its story-telling |
| 13 Sep 18 / Express |
Britten’s facility and efficacy for appropriating musical styles is on constant display |
| 6 Sep 18 / Classical Source |
New world created in old music hall: Paul Bunyan at Wilton's |
| 5 Sep 18 / Bachtrack |
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Jamie Manton’s wonderfully alive staging of Paul Bunyan for ENO |
| 5 Sep 18 / Seen and Heard |
Embrace the chaos and there’s fun to be had |
| 5 Sep 18 / The Times |
Britten's first opera is still a joyful spectacle of youthful exuberance |
| 5 Sep 18 / Telegraph |
The Turn of the ScrewEnglish National OperaNo. of reviews: 12 | |
Intelligent, cogent and, as the sky darkened, properly spooky |
| 2 Jul 18 / The Observer |
A brilliantly creepy Turn Of The Screw |
| 30 Jun 18 / Metro |
A spook in the park that’s beautiful listening |
| 29 Jun 18 / A Younger Theatre |
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Not enough spookiness at ghostly chamber opera that hints at child abuse |
| 29 Jun 18 / Ham&High |
Knocking it out the (Regent's) Park |
| 28 Jun 18 / Bachtrack |
Toby Purser conducts with authority and sensitivity |
| 28 Jun 18 / Classical Source |
The singing is superb and one sensed that every member of the capacity audience was spellbound if not spooked |
| 27 Jun 18 / Opera Today |
A chillingly convincing revival of Britten's ghostly opera |
| 27 Jun 18 / Telegraph |
A stunning reimagination of Britten's ghost opera |
| 27 Jun 18 / What's on Stage |
An atmospheric but not especially scary open air outing |
| 26 Jun 18 / Time Out |
Britten’s score becomes increasingly suggestive of evil forces insidiously whittling away the sanity of trusting innocents |
| 26 Jun 18 / The Times |
Britten's opera chills the spine as darkness falls |
| 26 Jun 18 / The Guardian |
Le nozze di FigaroEnglish National OperaNo. of reviews: 9 | |
An unusually strong cast makes up for muddy staging |
| 6 Apr 18 / Independent |
This is exactly what the English National Opera should be doing |
| 4 Apr 18 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
A reasonably safe, crowd-pleasing production enhanced by engaging performances |
| 4 Apr 18 / The Stage |
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A very humane comedy |
| 2 Apr 18 / Planet Hugill |
Lust and labyrinths |
| 2 Apr 18 / Bachtrack |
ENO stimulates with revival of Mozart’s The Marriago of Figaro |
| 2 Apr 18 / Seen and Heard |
A revival that shows many more strengths than weaknesses |
| 1 Apr 18 / Music OMH |
Fiona Shaw's The Marriage of Figaro returns to the London Coliseum |
| 31 Mar 18 / Opera Today |
This Figaro stands well and there is much to relish and enjoy |
| 31 Mar 18 / Classical Source |
La TraviataEnglish National OperaNo. of reviews: 13 | |
The kink’s english |
| 3 Apr 18 / parterre box |
Essential story gets rather lost |
| 26 Mar 18 / Express |
A worthy production debut from Daniel Kramer’s team now that he has his feet under the table |
| 21 Mar 18 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
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More croce than delizia: Daniel Kramer’s new Traviata offers entertainment but little heart |
| 20 Mar 18 / Bachtrack |
The key performers are dangerously exposed |
| 19 Mar 18 / The Times |
Kramer's production ultimately seemed a little too eager, too desperate to please |
| 19 Mar 18 / Opera Today |
Daniel Kramer’s La traviata for English National Opera disappoints |
| 19 Mar 18 / Seen and Heard |
By and large this is a cack-handed production |
| 19 Mar 18 / Independent |
Decadence and camp debauchery in a Verdi partyland |
| 19 Mar 18 / The Guardian |
ENO's disappointing new production of Verdi's popular crowd-puller |
| 19 Mar 18 / What's on Stage |
Daniel Kramer digs a grave for musical-theatre possibilities |
| 18 Mar 18 / The Arts Desk |
This Traviata is similarly jinxed |
| 18 Mar 18 / Classical Source |
There was no scandal here, just conventional operatic melodrama |
| 18 Mar 18 / Telegraph |
A Midsummer Night's DreamEnglish National OperaNo. of reviews: 17 | |
Summer lovin’ |
| 20 Mar 18 / The Critics' Circle |
A double helping of Titania, Bottom and friends |
| 12 Mar 18 / The Observer |
Notwithstanding the colourful costumes, this production of A Midsummer Night's Dream has inert, unimaginative and superficial staging
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| 11 Mar 18 / Daily Mail |
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The result brings joy to the heart |
| 7 Mar 18 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
ENO’s excellent company performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
| 6 Mar 18 / Seen and Heard |
Bright-eyed and comic |
| 6 Mar 18 / Financial Times (via Google) |
Why did ENO bother to revive Robert Carsen’s limp Britten staging? |
| 5 Mar 18 / The Times |
A return to the world of sleep and dreams |
| 5 Mar 18 / Planet Hugill |
The perfect winter warmer, Robert Carsen's ageless production returns to ENO |
| 3 Mar 18 / What's on Stage |
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