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Caesar conquers Buxton: ETO's slimmed-down Giulio Cesare

Francis Gush (Giulio Cesare) © Richard Hubert Smith
Top notch singing, judicious pruning and production which prioritises human drama over camp spectacle make for an illuminating take on Handel's most frequently staged opera.

ETO's new Il viaggio a Reims is a long journey

Il viaggio a Reims © Richard Hubert Smith
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

Paula Sides (Lucrezia) and Aidan Edwards (Alfonso) © Richard Hubert Smith
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.

A character study in singing: Handel’s Tamerlano at ETO

Rodrigo Sosa dal Pozzo (Tamerlano) and James Hall (Andronico) © Richard Hubert Smith
A fine cast breathes life into the story of the captured Ottoman Sultan Bajazet and his Mongol conqueror.

Emerging from the gloom: Handel's Ottone revived by ETO in Hackney

James Hall (Ottone) © Richard Hubert Smith
A revival of James Conway's staging of Ottone launches English Touring Opera's autumn season of three Handel operas. 

English Touring Opera heads back on the road with Handel's Amadigi

It sizzles with energy, fizzes with musical delight and rejoices in an understated sense of fun. Conway gives the work’s incongruities free rein and defies the audience not to chuckle.
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LondresSt John Passion

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Bach: Passion selon saint Jean, BWV245
James Conway; Old Street Band; Collegium Musicum of London Chamber Choir; Hackney Singers