An audience member tells us that after the applause at the end of Rigoletto last night, someone in the audience shouted about the cultural treasure that WNO is and that if we don’t support WNO we will lose it. He got a round of applause from a significant proportion of those present,
Chorus members wore protest t-shirts.
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Described, accurately, by the notes as a “Parisian noir,” Il tabarro,” intended as the first of Puccini’s Trittico (a cycle of three opera designed to be performed in on evening).We reviewed the ENO incarnation of […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: There are days when only Elgar will do. When the skies are low and the politics grim, a wash of Elgarian orchestral colour relieves existential gloom like no […]
Andrew Given is leaving English National Opera where he is director of development, in charge of fundraising. He has worked for the company in London for 14 years. Given is to be director of Queer […]
