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Giulio Cesare in EgittoEnglish Touring OperaNo. of reviews: 5 | ![]() |
English Touring Opera hits the road with a top-notch production of Handel’s Giulio Cesare |
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A serious-minded but accessible staging |
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Donnez donc César à (Paul) Antoine! |
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Susanna Hurrell's Queen Cleopatra reigns in English Touring Opera's Giulio Cesare |
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A new cast brings a different focus to English Touring Opera's production of Handel's masterpiece |
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Così fan tutteEnglish Touring OperaNo. of reviews: 5 | ![]() |
Has wit and hilarity of 1930s screwball comedy |
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A travelling Cosi Fan Tutti |
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A school for lovers full of froth and fizz |
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A sunny, insouciant Così from English Touring Opera |
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A handsome Così fan tutte opens English Touring Opera's Spring tour |
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St John PassionEnglish Touring OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
Immersive and communal Bach staging is deeply touching |
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Communal experience & the re-telling of familiar stories |
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Der SilberseeEnglish Touring OperaNo. of reviews: 11 | ![]() ![]() |
No praise too high for English Touring Opera at Snape |
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A dark musical fable with a rarely heard score and a message from 1930s Germany that holds good today |
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This rarely seen work is well worth the effort |
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True heroes link Engish Touring Opera’s contrasting productions |
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Timely steps with English Touring Opera |
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With its parallels to today, ETO bring authentic Weill sounds and exciting music making to The Silver Lake |
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A deeply impressive performance of a shockingly underrated work |
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‘If the present is already lost, then I want to save the future.’ |
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Remorse and resentment find redemption in Kurt Weill’s The Silver Lake |
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A larger than life performance of a show that could hardly be more topical |
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Even by English Touring Opera’s standards, this is adventurous |
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Die Entführung aus dem SerailEnglish Touring OperaNo. of reviews: 8 | ![]() ![]() |
No praise too high for English Touring Opera at Snape |
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A highly entertaining performance |
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True heroes link Engish Touring Opera’s contrasting productions |
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Timely steps with English Touring Opera |
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An effervescent and visually rewarding production |
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A sparkling Seraglio from English Touring Opera |
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English Touring Opera's Autumn Tour 2019 opens with a stylish Seraglio |
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Thought provoking and engaging |
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MacbethEnglish Touring OperaNo. of reviews: 13 | ![]() ![]() |
A cold and bleak Macbeth |
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The annual visit by English Touring Opera is always a highlight of the Perth Festival of the Arts |
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A timeless tale of ambition |
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James Dacre’s production of Macbeth ticks all the wrong boxes at the outset but finally wins through |
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James Dacre transplants the action of Verdi’s Macbeth into an Orwellian dystopia |
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Not yet down and dirty: English Touring Opera rising to the challenge of Verdi's Macbeth |
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A potent concoction: Macbeth is ETO's hit of the season |
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Spooky sisters stoke up the cauldron |
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ETO's Scottish tragedy is among the company’s finest achievements |
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While this ETO production has moments of great pathos and emotion, it fails to ignite on every level |
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A hen-pecked King in a lively production |
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Another must-see show from ETO |
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Monarchs corrupted and tormented: ETO’s Idomeneo and Macbeth at the Hackney Empire |
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IdomeneoEnglish Touring OperaNo. of reviews: 12 | ![]() ![]() |
The score delivers on all fronts |
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A satisfying Idomeneo |
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The four principals are perfectly balanced |
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The evening had much to offer even if it never quite achieved lift-off |
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A tale of pain softened by wonderful music and lovingly performed |
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Strong singing and fuss-free direction do justice to Mozart's dark masterpiece |
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English Touring Opera’s splendid account of Idomeneo |
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English Touring Opera’s clear-sighted staging |
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Here be monsters: a bracing new Idomeneo from English Touring Opera |
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Monarchs corrupted and tormented: ETO’s Idomeneo and Macbeth at the Hackney Empire |
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Pared-down production lets the music speak for itself |
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A cogent and creditable staging of an ever-rewarding and complex work |
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Elisabetta, Regina d'InghliterraEnglish Touring OperaNo. of reviews: 10 | ![]() ![]() |
Rossini's rarely heard opera gets the royal treatment from ETO |
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ETO have certainly done it proud |
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Mary Plazas makes a truly regal queen |
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An uneven Elisabetta from English Touring Opera |
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The extremely committed cast is headed by Mary Plazas as Elisabetta |
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English Touring Opera start their 2019 spring tour |
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Rossini’s opera is delivered with style and clarity |
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A well-nigh perfect evening |
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Grace notes |
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An uncharacteristically limp effort by ETO |
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JonasEnglish Touring OperaNo. of reviews: 6 | ![]() ![]() |
A purity of line pervades ETO's triple bill |
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An adventurous journey through the 17th century |
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Dido and Aeneas rescue a disappointing Baroque triple bill from ETO |
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ETO's divine calling |
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Intense? Yes, but you’ll want to catch this atmospheric show |
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An triple bill of exquisite beauty |
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I Will Not SpeakEnglish Touring OperaNo. of reviews: 6 | ![]() ![]() |
A purity of line pervades ETO's triple bill |
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An adventurous journey through the 17th century |
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Dido and Aeneas rescue a disappointing Baroque triple bill from ETO |
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ETO's divine calling |
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Intense? Yes, but you’ll want to catch this atmospheric show |
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An triple bill of exquisite beauty |
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Dido and AeneasEnglish Touring OperaNo. of reviews: 6 | ![]() |
A purity of line pervades ETO's triple bill |
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An adventurous journey through the 17th century |
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Dido and Aeneas rescue a disappointing Baroque triple bill from ETO |
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ETO's divine calling |
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Intense? Yes, but you’ll want to catch this atmospheric show |
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An triple bill of exquisite beauty |
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RadamistoEnglish Touring OperaNo. of reviews: 7 | ![]() ![]() |
Radamisto misses the spark |
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A strikingly designed and characterful performance develops in this effective new staging |
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Female singers seize the moment in rollicking tale of power and lust |
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Vitality and visual magic |
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Uneven Handel in Hackney |
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Authentic Handel done with straightforward good taste |
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Let English Touring Opera bask in the glory of the Coliseum |
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Le nozze di FigaroEnglish Touring OperaNo. of reviews: 15 | ![]() ![]() |
ETO’s gimmicky-less Figaro was a highly entertaining evening |
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What the evening ultimately lacked was an edge |
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Blanche McIntyre’s workmanlike production is totally straightforward |
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A genial Figaro |
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A warm, but basic Marriage of Figaro from English Touring Opera |
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A night of fun and japes that will really lift the spirits |
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An extremely polished, enjoyable and memorable production |
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Two delightful evenings with English Touring Opera |
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A celebration of BAME talent, but not quite a revolution |
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Blanche McIntyre’s perfectly cast staging is skilfully conducted by Christopher Stark |
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A flimsy touring Mozart production needs more seasoning |
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Beguiling cast bring clarity to the confusion |
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English Touring Opera's new production of Mozart's masterpiece hits the road |
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This show deserves to be remembered not for its ethnic mix, but its musical qualities |
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A delightful and colour-blind new take on Mozart |
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Il tabarroEnglish Touring OperaNo. of reviews: 13 | ![]() ![]() |
James Conway’s production does total justice to this wonderful piece |
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ETO celebrated the centenary of Puccini’s Il Trittico with two of its three parts |
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English Touring Opera’s Il tabarro was the most convincing I have seen |
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An absolute triumph of staging, comedy and voice |
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Outstanding performances again from the splendid ETO |
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Two delightful evenings with English Touring Opera |
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Brooding Tabarro and a humdinger of a Gianni Schicchi from ETO |
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Comedy trumps tragedy in a double-bill of two Puccini one-act operas |
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Liam Steele’s adaptation of Puccini’s opera is deftly etched, black-humoured and vibrantly performed |
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Contrasting double |
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Brooding Tabarro and a humdinger of a Gianni Schicchi from ETO |
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Enormous fun |
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English Touring Opera has revived two-thirds of Puccini’s Il trittico |
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Gianni SchicchiEnglish Touring OperaNo. of reviews: 13 | ![]() ![]() |
Liam Steel’s production of Gianni Schicchi is splendidly imaginative and vivid |
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ETO celebrated the centenary of Puccini’s Il Trittico with two of its three parts |
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Too much mugging |
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An absolute triumph of staging, comedy and voice |
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Outstanding performances again from the splendid ETO |
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Two delightful evenings with English Touring Opera |
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