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Wow! Thomas Oliemans as Papageno. (All photos courtesy of ENO, (c) Donald Cooper) It's not every day that Sarastro announces &quo...

Allison Cook as Salome, with placcy bag Photo: Catherine Ashmore As I slunk homewards from ENO's opening night, a friend on Twitte...

One of the events I'm most looking forward to in London this autumn is ENO's first-ever staging of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess ....

I should have expected to love Philip Glass's Satyagraha , yet I've steered away from attending it for years. A meditative opera o...

Sasha Cooke as Marnie Photo: Richard Hubert Smith/ENO I finally got to see Marnie , Nico Muhly's latest opera, at ENO. Here'...

Latonia Moore as Aida. Photo: Tristram Kenton Here's my review of ENO's new production of Aida , for The Arts Desk. I've ne...

Wanted... Mary Bevan as Zerlina and Christopher Purves as Don Giovanni Photo: Robert Workman WANTED. A huge poster of Christopher Purves...

[ FRIDAY MORNING, 10 JUNE: OH DEAR. The trouble with writing previews is that sometimes the reality does not deliver. Warning: the value of ...

The ongoing crisis at English National Opera is provoking much thought, soul-searching and protest. The current plan on the management side ...

Stormy weather: ENO's chorus in Martinu's Julietta. Photo: Richard Hubert Smith London stands to lose a lot more than Kasper Ho...

Richard Suart as the Lord High Executioner, doing his Little List. Photo: Sarah Lee Confession time, folks. I have never seen The Mikad...

Calixto Bieito's hotly awaited (by some of us) new staging of Verdi's The Force of Destiny opened last night at ENO. I've review...

ENO's new production of La forza del destino - OK, The Force of Destiny - opens on Monday. I had an interview with its director, the eve...