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BGT viewers slam ITV show's 'backwards' judges after singer's performance: Innocent Masuku blew judges and ITV viewers away with his tenor voice this Sunday on ...
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Innocent Masaku lands BGT in new 'fix' row as starring role uncovered: Britain's Got Talent star Innocent Masuku appeared on Sunday's episode with fans ...
chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tv/innocent-masuku-britains-got-talent-29049969
Trial by Media a short but full-fat opera: Its composer says the Oscar opera will challenge audiences with things they have never heard before
mg.co.za/friday/2024-04-04-trial-by-media-a-short-but-full-fat-opera/
I’m a young opera fan – we don’t need them to be dumbed down for us: As an opera lover in my 30s, I was struck by the absurdity of the new report on opera from ...
inews.co.uk/culture/music/young-opera-fan-dumbed-down-2970224
Equality groups urge cultural elite to give up Garrick Club membership: Campaigners call for ‘outdated structures’ that undermine progress and encourage ...
theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/22/equality-groups-urge-cultural-elite-to-give-up-garrick-club-membership
When classical music is a ‘foreign language’: It can be scary to move out of your cultural comfort zone
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Bach’s St Matthew Passion: ‘When you’re unpacking a role like the Evangelist, it’s so vast, so enormous’
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Duke Bluebeard’s Castle review – erotic, unsettling and beautifully staged : A last-minute cast substitution added a remarkable gender twist to Bartók’s opera ...
theguardian.com/music/2024/mar/22/duke-bluebeards-castle-review-erotic-unsettling-and-beautifully-staged
Chester Philharmonic to perform with acclaimed soloists: THREE of the UK’s most highly acclaimed classical singers will perform alongside Chester’s Philharmonic ...
chesterstandard.co.uk/news/24143695.chester-philharmonic-perform-acclaimed-soloists/
My advice for the English National Opera performers, made redundant mid-performance
inews.co.uk/opinion/advice-english-national-opera-redundant-mid-performance-2912249
Turkish-Russian double bass player plays with top orchestra: Russian-Turkish double bassist Daniil Margulis, a senior student at the Royal College of Music ...
hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-russian-double-bass-player-plays-with-top-orchestra-190542
The Handmaid’s Tale opera review: ENO has pulled off something magnificent: Nobody will come out humming the songs because there aren’t any, but this stylish ...
inews.co.uk/culture/arts/handmaids-tale-opera-review-2885916
ENO orchestra and chorus to go on strike: English National Opera’s production of The Handmaid’s Tale will be hit by industrial action
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English National Opera musicians to strike for first time in 40 years: The Musicians’ Union and Equity said plans to axe 19 orchestra posts and make other staff ...
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English National Opera strike suspended as interim settlement agreed: Equity union says 1 February action over job cuts has been called off and it expects a full ...
theguardian.com/music/2024/jan/29/english-national-opera-strike-suspended-interim-settlement
Londoners lose it as English National Opera moves to Manchester: Many concerned southerners have taken to social media to protest against the move
mylondon.news/whats-on/arts-culture-news/english-national-opera-manchester-london-28268059
Readers’ favourite stage shows of 2023: This year, our readers were blown away by productions from Machinal to Free Your Mind – with one theatregoer returning to ...
theguardian.com/stage/2023/dec/25/readers-favourite-stage-shows-of-2023
English National Opera members to vote on strike action over pay dispute: Equity union says chorus members will vote in early January on whether to act over ...
theguardian.com/music/2023/dec/21/english-national-opera-members-to-vote-on-strike-action-over-pay-dispute
The 10 best classical concerts of 2023: Despite relentless cuts to arts funding this year, music-making in Britain remains superb
inews.co.uk/culture/music/10-best-classical-concerts-2023-2810806
The Mongol Khan at Coliseum review: a thin tale of stupidity and cruelty: This dimwitted ruling family's psychodrama makes no sense of wider society ...
standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/the-mongol-khan-coliseum-theatre-review-b1121676.html
The week in classical: Cavalleria rusticana/ Pagliacci; OAE/ Suzuki: Christmas Oratorio; The Sixteen: Messiah – review
theguardian.com/music/2023/dec/09/cavalleria-rusticana-pagliacci-royal-opera-house-review-roberto-alagna-oae-orchestra-of-the-age-of-enlightenment-masaaki-suzuki-bach-christmas-oratorio-southbank-qeh-the-sixteen-harry-christophers-messiah
London and the rest of the country react to English National Opera move up North: News that the globally-renowned opera company will make Greater Manchester its ...
manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/chips-gravy-opera-how-londoners-28241326
Red lips, quick changes and admiring fans: Behind the scenes with Marina Abramovic at ‘7 Deaths of Maria Callas'
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Edinburgh Festival announces 2024 theme with more opera: Next summer’s Edinburgh International Festival will include more staged opera than has been part of the ...
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Cuts will kill English National Opera, conductors warn: Three of opera’s most eminent music directors have predicted “the demise” of the English National Opera ...
thetimes.co.uk/article/english-national-opera-cuts-will-kill-off-the-art-form-3dnx77wnj
Paid articlePaid Marina Abramović interview: 'Take care? No, have guts! Be warrior! Take risk! Fail!'
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“We should always look at the ideas that are in the rubbish, because they’re the ones we’re afraid of, they’re the ones we don’t have the guts to make” – ... Show more buff.ly/45KC35s
ENO’s music director resigns over proposed cuts to music staff: Martyn Brabbins says proposals to axe 19 posts and employ remaining musicians part-time is plan ...
theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/15/enos-music-director-resigns-over-proposed-cuts-to-music-staff
The week in classical: Picture a day like this; Peter Grimes; Carol Williams: Mad Rush – review
theguardian.com/music/2023/sep/30/picture-a-day-like-this-george-benjamin-martin-crimp-royal-opera-house-review-peter-grimes-eno-brabbins-english-national-opera-coliseum-carol-williams-mad-rush-organ-royal-festival-hall-southbank
Peter Grimes review – grim but compelling, Alden’s nightmarish staging returns to Coliseum
theguardian.com/music/2023/sep/22/peter-grimes-britten-alden-review-london-coliseum-eno
Higher Plane: Marina Abramović: Marina Abramović has made it her life’s mission to test the limits of human endurance in the service of art ...
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Art After Dark: we take a whirlwind tour of actor Jaime Winstone’s special places in the West End
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ENO looks to ‘positive future’ as it lands £24m funding and delays move out of London
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Take a piece of the opera home: English National Opera has its first ‘yard sale’ in a decade this weekend
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ENO to receive extra £24m to allow more time to leave London, says Arts Council: Opera company will leave capital by March 2029 and develop artistic programme ...
theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/27/english-national-opera-eno-receive-extra-24m-more-time-to-leave-london-arts-council
The ‘plan’ for ENO’s new home is pure fantasy: The Arts Council’s mess won’t be solved by back-of-an-envelope ideas to relocate
thetimes.co.uk/article/the-plan-for-eno-s-new-home-is-pure-fantasy-z56zsdldv
Paid articlePaid Full schedule of events for the Eurovision Village in Liverpool this week: The Eurovision Village is free and non-ticketed to enter on every day apart from the ...
inews.co.uk/culture/music/eurovision-village-2023-schedule-timetable-song-contest-events-liverpool-tickets-2328124
English National Opera gets £24m to help with move — and can keep London base: The ENO will be able to keep its London Coliseum base while moving headquarters as ...
standard.co.uk/news/london/eno-english-national-opera-london-base-coliseum-arts-council-england-b1073882.html
Turbocharge philanthropy, conga to Beethoven, ditch the ukuleles: 10 ways to save classical music
theguardian.com/music/2023/may/16/turbocharge-philanthropy-conga-to-beethoven-ditch-the-ukeleles-10-ways-to-save-classical-music
Top opera designer says Brexit has done “terrible damage” to his art form: ‘It has absolutely curtailed people’s careers’ as they cannot take the same jobs ...
standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-opera-royal-house-brexit-damage-visas-trigger-cut-punk-b1073369.html
Carmen review – a true-crime thriller with an uneasy heroine: Scottish Opera’s new production makes the most of the work’s reinstated spoken-word sections ...
theguardian.com/music/2023/may/14/carmen-review-scottish-opera-john-fulljames-justina-gringyte
New concert venue 'not dead yet' despite opera snub: A multimillion-pound concert venue could still be built in a town centre - even though English National ...
kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/new-concert-venue-not-dead-yet-despite-opera-snub-286696/
107-year-old gets birthday surprise at Liverpool’s EuroVillage ahead of Eurovision Semi Final
liverpoolworld.uk/news/107-year-old-gets-birthday-surprise-at-liverpools-eurovillage-4135737
Paid articlePaid Simon Rattle says Arts Council cuts are doing ‘real violence’ to British music: They are ‘an act of cultural vandalism’ says the famous conductor
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Quick Glance: Simon Rattle criticizes Arts Council cuts and their impact on British music
- British-German conductor Sir Simon Rattle described the recent cuts as 'cultural vandalism' and 'real violence' against the British music scene.
- The English National Opera (ENO) was informed that its funding would be reduced from £12.8m annually to zero unless it relocated from London to divert money away from the capital.
- In response to public backlash, ACE announced in January that National Lottery funding would support the ENO.
- Other musical organizations such as the Barbican, London Sinfonietta, and Britten Sinfonia, along with other music charities, have also faced funding cuts.
Most chorus members would quit if ENO leaves London, survey suggests: Exclusive: ‘Baffling’ levelling up plan to move company to another city may lead to staff ...
theguardian.com/music/2023/mar/27/most-chorus-members-would-quit-if-eno-leaves-london-survey-suggests
The week in classical: Blue; Bach: Mass in B Minor – review: A potent US tale of Black lives hits home with fervour and humanity at ENO. Plus shock and roar from ...
theguardian.com/music/2023/apr/29/blue-eno-coliseum-london-jeanine-tesori-tinuke-craig-review-b-minor-mass-john-eliot-gardiner-80-st-martin-in-the-fields-monteverdi-choir-english-baroque-soloists-simon-rattle-speech-barbican
Symphony of Sorrowful Songs review – Gorecki’s triptych retains its visceral power in thoughtful staging
theguardian.com/music/2023/apr/28/gorecki-symphony-of-sorrowful-songs-review-english-national-opera
West Green House Opera, in Hook, set to dazzle with July performances: West Green House Opera, based at Thackham's Lane, Hook, is hosting a number of events from ...
basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/23477081.west-green-house-opera-hook-set-dazzle-july-performances/
An audience with the King, London’s pest problem, and why the English are afraid of the Scots
newstatesman.com/diary/2023/03/king-charles-colchester-london-pests
This astonishing staging of Philip Glass's Akhnaten proves why we need ENO: Philip Glass’s opera about the rise and fall of an ancient Egyptian Pharoah is ...
inews.co.uk/culture/akhnaten-london-coliseum-review-astonishing-staging-philip-glass-proves-why-we-need-the-eno-2216322
Opera star Anthony Roth Costanzo: 'We think low voices are masculine and masculine is powerful'
inews.co.uk/culture/opera-anthony-roth-costanzo-masculine-2187125
X Factor star to join 'special' Somerset music performance: The concert will be coming to town this week
somersetlive.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife/x-factor-star-join-special-8348452
This latest English National Opera agreement is a face-saving fool’s game: Somebody, somewhere, must want an opera company, right? That seems to be the thinking ...
standard.co.uk/comment/comment/english-national-opera-public-funding-move-b1073825.html
The opera’s a masterpiece but the production doesn’t quite come off: ENO’s The Dead City reviewed
spectator.co.uk/article/the-operas-a-masterpiece-but-the-production-doesnt-quite-come-off-enos-the-dead-city-reviewed/
‘Don’t make Frasier best friends with Elon Musk!’ Writers and comics offer their reboot tips
theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/feb/27/frasier-reboot-kelsey-grammer-elon-musk-seattle-niles-trumpist
New Northern Ireland deal sends sterling higher: Sterling rose on Monday, and was set for its biggest daily gain against the dollar in six weeks ...
reuters.com/markets/currencies/hopes-northern-ireland-deal-send-sterling-higher-2023-02-27/
Bid to build huge concert venue on town centre car park: West End shows, music concerts and opera could be held at a multimillion-pound venue planned for a prime ...
kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/bid-to-build-huge-concert-venue-on-car-park-282259/
ENO’s gamble on Die tote Stadt doesn’t quite pay off: The narrative is admirably clear and full of imaginative touches but this performance felt undercooked
inews.co.uk/culture/die-tote-stadt-london-coliseum-review-eno-gamble-on-the-operatic-smash-hit-doesnt-quite-pay-off-2235360
The Dead City review – study of grief, guilt and obsession unsettles and enraptures
theguardian.com/music/2023/mar/26/the-dead-city-review-english-national-opera-karabits-miskimmon
X Factor's Jonathan Ansell to perform at Westlands, Yeovil: X FACTOR star Jonathan Ansell is joining a special performance in Somerset of an internationally ...
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Still ugly but worth catching for the chorus and orchestra: Royal Opera’s Tannhäuser reviewed
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Reduced me to a tearful, choked-up mess: Royal Opera’s Magic Flute reviewed: ‘The rays of the sun conquer the night’ sings Sarastro, at the end of Mozart and ...
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Donate to American Heart Association and take a spin class at CycleBar Saturday: Sign up for the 10:30 a.m. CycleBar West Nash CycleGives class and come with a ...
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Quick Glance: Donate to American Heart Association and Join CycleBar Spin Class on Saturday
- Finish American Heart Month strong by donating to the American Heart Association and attending the 10:30 a.m. CycleBar CycleGives class.
- Bring a donation of your choice to support heart disease research and awareness at the West Nashville location off of Charlotte Avenue.
- Led by a Meharry Medical student and spin instructor, cycling is perfect for a healthier heart as it's a full-body workout.
- CycleBar Music City owner describes indoor cycling at CycleBar as more than just a workout that you don't want to miss out on. Visit cyclebar.com to sign up for the class.
English National Opera to receive £11.46m from Arts Council England: Investment will sustain its work in London for another year after ENO was removed from ACE’s ...
theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/17/english-national-opera-arts-council-england-investment-eno
Sublime four-bed Ansdell family home with massive garden and spacious interior hits the market
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Paid articlePaid Is opera’s future really in a car park?: This is National Vandalism Week, and I have been celebrating it in style. First stop – the London Coliseum for the ...
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English National Opera to receive £11m Lottery funding after grant cut: But it said it is ‘concerned’ the one-year funding still leaves a ‘huge amount of ...
standard.co.uk/news/uk/english-national-opera-eno-london-national-lottery-arts-council-england-b1053646.html
Northern Ballet's production of the Great Gatsby returns to Leeds Grand Theatre next month
thescarboroughnews.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/northern-ballets-production-of-the-great-gatsby-returns-to-leeds-grand-theatre-next-month-4024729
Paid articlePaid Glyndebourne cancels 2023 tour programme after funding cuts: Opera company lost more than half its funding after Arts Council England sought to divert money to ...
theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/06/glyndebourne-cancels-2023-opera-tour-programme-funding-cuts
Reprieve for ENO as arts council offers £11m and extends ‘leave London’ date to 2026
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Best seat in the ‘plaice’: Opera House brings back its fish-and-chip shop: The Sydney icon will reinstate an old favourite food destination to celebrate its 50th ...
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Why those of us with long Covid finally have reason to feel hopeful: Indifference among politicians is still rampant, but thanks to new research and technology ...
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/27/why-those-of-us-with-long-covid-finally-have-reason-to-feel-hopeful
English National Opera's Carmen revival is sleek but underpowered: Conductor Kerem Hasan's Carmen is slow and careful – Bizet’s score straining against ...
inews.co.uk/culture/music/carmen-coliseum-review-english-national-operas-revival-sleek-underpowered-2124572
Quiet night for Royal Opera House as leading man loses voice: Stefan Vinke was unable to sing, so mimed
standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-royal-opera-house-leading-man-loses-voice-king-charles-bernardine-evaristo-b1056520.html
Cultural policy in Great Britain - "A disgrace": The managing director of the English National Opera on canceled subsidies and London as a cultural metropolis.
sueddeutsche.de/kultur/english-national-opera-stephen-murphy-interview-1.5712671
Paid articlePaid Tears, cheers and whirlytubes: our critics pick their classical highlights of 2022
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