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      February 21, 2011
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Tagged ENO

The Barber of Seville (London Coliseum)

JohnnyFox
October 8, 2017
Opera, Reviews
It has been an undeniably difficult year for the ENO - financial problems, a change of chief executive and the perceived ignominy of having to...

The Dowager’s Oyster (So-and-So Arts Club)

JohnnyFox
November 24, 2016
Musicals, Opera, Reviews, Theatre
With the possible exception of my own heterosexual betrothal one heady night in Malta in 1976, I can think of few projects more certifiably doomed to...

Review: Sunset Boulevard with Ria Jones (London Coliseum)

JohnnyFox
April 22, 2016
Musicals, Reviews
April 21, following the indisposition of Glenn Close, alternate Ria Jones played Norma Desmond. Guest reviewer and photo credit: Kevin...

Review: Sunset Boulevard (London Coliseum)

JohnnyFox
April 5, 2016
Musicals, Reviews
The night after Imelda Staunton picked up her Olivier award for best actress in a musical in Gypsy, her successor is a rock solid certainty....

Review: Norma (London Coliseum)

JohnnyFox
February 18, 2016
Opera, Reviews
No, not that Norma, this Norma. We’ll be reporting on Glenn Close’s return to Paramount at ENO early in April. Thirty years ago I played the...

Opera Review: The Girl of the Golden West (London Coliseum)

JohnnyFox
October 4, 2014
Opera, Reviews
It’s good news that English National Opera has invested in its first ‘new’ production of Puccini’s The Girl of the Golden West in fifty...
Review: Madam Butterfly (London Coliseum)

Review: Madam Butterfly (London Coliseum)

JohnnyFox
October 18, 2013
Opera, Reviews
You could plot it yourself: randy US lieutenant has an affair with an Asian babe in wartime, it means more to her than it does to him, her family...
Review: Carmen (London Coliseum)

Review: Carmen (London Coliseum)

JohnnyFox
November 22, 2012
Opera, Reviews
If you saw the header ‘Opera Review’ and thought ‘not for me’, stick with us for a moment. We’ve always thought Carmen was the crossover...
Review: The Magic Flute (English National Opera, London Coliseum)

Review: The Magic Flute (English National Opera, London Coliseum)

JohnnyFox
September 14, 2012
Opera, Reviews
The warehouse in which English National Opera parks its costumes and sets between performances must be the size of Yorkshire. This production of...
Review: The Marriage Of Figaro (London Coliseum)

Review: The Marriage Of Figaro (London Coliseum)

JohnnyFox
October 10, 2011
Opera, Reviews
The first surprise in Fiona Shaw’s off-piste production is the all-white revolving maze of a set, peopled by such a troupe of bowing and scraping...
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