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Du Yun: Angel's Bone
Baldur Brönnimann; Kip Williams; English National Opera; Marg Horwell; Jack Knowles; English National Opera Orchestra
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A polemic for out times: Du Yun’s Angel’s Bone at ENO
Transferring from Manchester to London in expanded form, ENO stage a bruising, uncompromising allegory of modern slavery.
Reality television: ENO’s Angel’s Bone in Manchester
Kip Williams and ENO mount an extraordinary new production of Du Yun and Royce Vavrek’s multifaceted opera, with performances of great emotional directness broadcast live on camera.
The Railway Children becomes a pacy action thriller at Glyndebourne
Mark-Anthony Turnage and Rachael Hewer update Edith Nesbit’s children's novel as a spy action thriller, with an exciting score and a strong cast of singers.
Theatrically poverty-stricken: ETO's Blond Eckbert
Judith Weir's cryptic folk opera lacks the narrative propulsion necessary to enthral an audience, and without resolution there is no catharsis.
ETO's new Il viaggio a Reims is a long journey
A Rossini comedy should sparkle, but this new production, starting its tour from Hackney, is decidedly lacking bubbles.
The Poisoner’s Dilemma: ETO presents a dramatic Lucrezia Borgia
Donizetti’s tale of one the Italian Renaissance’s objects of hate is well sung and superbly acted in ETO's new spring tour production.