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Passion, mystery and intrigue are enacted on stage, and the finest concerts feature world-class artists breaking new ground with much-loved works
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Opera
Singers and players get the better of a banal production in the curtain-raiser to a new Ring cycle
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Opera
The London-based tenor talks about his new television career, wedding plans and incest at the opera
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All aboard the good ship Coliseum for an evening of satire, physical theatre and instantly accessible music with director Cal McCrystal
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Opera
Colossal production of Philip Glass's opera about Mahatma Gandhi returns to kickstart the new ENO season
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ENO is back with a big new season. Booking opens Wed 2 June for all seven productions from October to April. Why not go once a month?
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Opera
The versatile baritone on lockdown gardening, Brexit fears, and breaking through with 'My Way'
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Opera
Handel's evergreen oratorio tells the Easter story in song, interpreted by eight soloists, chorus and orchestra
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Opera
The soprano on her Brixton childhood, 'silent' music and renewed energy as live music resumes
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Opera
A semi-staged production of Puccini's most dramatic opera is staged in the Bowl to a live audience
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Opera
Wagner's spell-binding epic story of gods, mortals, love and power is told over five years, with casting and dates still to come
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Opera
A moving performance of a beautiful and thoughtful work by top soloists with the orchestra and chorus of English National Opera
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Opera
The soprano who has reached new heights talks about singing during lockdown, a commemorative performance, and improvising on stage
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Opera
Fifteen events streamed from the Surrey house and from artists' homes: dance, song and an orchestral finale
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Opera
New production of Mozart's evergreen comedy by director Joe Hill-Gibbins boasts the best of British and guest artists
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Welcome return to the Coliseum of Anthony Minghella's production of Puccini's tragedy. A young Japanese woman falls for an American officer, but their marriage is doomed
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Opera
Verdi's opera about love, ambition and hypocrisy comes up to date at the Coliseum where a magnificent cast rescues a dire production
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A water nymph falls for a mortal prince but can only live on land if she forsakes her beautiful voice in Dvorak's poignant opera
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A bumper year for opera in both city and country houses, concerts marking 250 years of Beethoven's legacy and a chance to catch the biggest names in music today
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Opera
English National Opera got back on its feet, the Proms went from strength to strength, and the Royal Opera House season grew and grew
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Opera
Netia Jones's outstanding staging of Philip Glass's filmic opera reveals a company on top form
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A family favourite for more than 30 years, Jonathan Miller's fast, funny and satirical production of Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta returns for an incredible 15th time...
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Opera
Offenbach's cheerful operetta turns sour in a well-sung but skewed production, with Emma Rice making her debut as opera director
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Choreographer Wayne McGregor directs the first of ENO's four operas on the Orpheus myth, spanning three centuries. Gluck's version stars Alice Coote, Sarah Tynan and Soraya Mafi
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Welcome new production of Harrison Birtwistle's instant classic, a complex retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice story
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Opera
The classic fairy tale is told in song and dance in a traditional German opera rethought for a modern audience in a suitably outdoor setting
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Opera
The lustrous soprano Natalya Romaniw on playing 'I Spy' in Ukrainian, the great opera heroines, and corsets
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Opera
Seven new productions, four based on the Orpheus myth, and revivals of Bizet, Puccini and G&S
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The women whose lives are threatened or taken are at the forefront of an opera based on crimes in the East End
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Money is no object when Hanna hits town, but affection for the dashing Danilo comes at a different price in Franz Lehár's scintillating comic opera
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Opera
A mesmerising revival: ENO's award-winning production of Philip Glass's opera set in Ancient Egypt, with a career-defining central performance
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Opera
A welcome return for Jonathan Miller's impeccable production of Puccini's tender opera, stylishly set in 1930s Paris