Jenůfa at the ENO dazzles in performance and precepts
Janáček’s masterpiece reminds us that folk in the forgotten rural corners of the world lead lives laden with stories that need retelling.
Janáček’s masterpiece reminds us that folk in the forgotten rural corners of the world lead lives laden with stories that need retelling.
Korngold, only 23 at the time of composing the opera, was issuing a timely warning about the need to relinquish the past to embrace the future.
Director Richard Jones remodels the familiar, fine-tuning to modern times.
It was a coincidence that Gloriana followed hard on the heels of Queen Elizabeth II’s death. But the ENO has deftly marked the performance as a tribute to the late monarch.
Jake Heggie’s opera version of the iconic James Stewart movie is a real Christmas treat.
The ENO’s no-frills production of The Cunning Little Vixen is an insightful and uplifting soon-to-be classic.
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