| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 29-Apr-2013 The London Coliseum | Refreshingly unfussy: Jonathan Miller's classic La bohème revived at ENO |
 What to do with a “classic revival” that has, in the main, met the critics’ eye of approval? That was the question facing Natascha Metherell, the revival director of ENO’s production of La bohème, which opened this week at the Coliseum. The revival was in fact deftly handled: a production which remained faithful to Miller’s original vision, with honest, rather than over-egged, sentimentality.
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| 25-Feb-2013 The London Coliseum | Outstanding Rossini singing from Lucy Crowe in ENO's Barber of Seville |
 Scott Rylanderx.jpg) In the celebratedly short time in which Rossini wrote The Barber of Seville, he got into a time capsule and took a short trip to twenty-first century London; on his return to 1816 Rome, he wrote the part of Rosina for Lucy Crowe's voice. Or at least, that's what it felt like at ENO last night, as Crowe turned in a performance which outstrips my ability to find superlatives.
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| 1-Dec-2012 The London Coliseum | Jonathan Miller's Mikado returns to English National Opera |
 Jonathan Miller and ENO’s iconic interpretation of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado has returned to the London Coliseum this Christmas, to the delight of G&S fans across the capital, including myself. This decadent production of G&S’s most-performed work takes the story out of the oriental town of Titipu and sets it in a grand English hotel during the 1930s, which gives it the scope for some satirical gibes at characters closer to home.Read full review... | |
| 25-Feb-2012 Kennedy Center: Opera House | Così fan tutte – e sempre! |
 I hear that both you and your friend are getting married to wealthy and pretty ladies from Washington DC?
My heartiest congratulations, gentlemen! As my early wedding gift, allow me to offer you some marriage wisdom: when your beloved betray you, remember to forgive them and keep living happily ever after.
Don’t believe in betrayal? Well, then, allow me to prove my point.
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