Bigi, as Christ, wore the classic white robes, the other dancers and singers wearing long black garments that might have been ...
It’s extraordinary that English National Opera (ENO) has never staged Albert Herring before now. Britten’s small-town satire ...
Calixto Bieito’s staging of Bizet’s masterpiece remains a calling card for ENO – dust, danger and late-Franco grit cutting ...
The two composers had an adversarial and antagonistic relationship, with Wagner’s initial admiration for his elder compatriot ...
For countertenor Jake Arditti, who sings the scheming Amanzio, the thrill is equal parts score and stagecraft. “It’s the ...
Superb singing and playing anchor ENO’s first-ever Albert Herring, even if Antony McDonald’s semi-staging drains some of the fizz in the way it anchors the action ...