Taken for a ride: an energetic revival of Così fan tutte at ENO

Lucy Crowe (Fiordiligi) and Joshua Blue (Ferrando)

Andrew Foster-Williams (Don Alfonso), Darwin Prakash (Guglielmo) and Joshua Blue (Ferrando)

Taylor Raven (Dorabella) and Darwin Prakash (Guglielmo)

English National Opera Chorus

By Dominic Lowe, 07 February 2026

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“if Mozart must be sung in English, then it should be sung like this, with clarity and expression”

Reviewed at The London Coliseum, London on 6 February 2026

Mozart, Così fan tutte

English National Opera

Dinis Sousa, Conductor

Phelim McDermott, Director

Tom Pye, Set Designer

Laura Hopkins, Costume Designer

Paule Constable, Lighting Designer

English National Opera Orchestra

English National Opera Chorus

Lucy Crowe, Fiordiligi

Taylor Raven, Dorabella

Joshua Blue, Ferrando

Darwin Prakash, Guglielmo

Andrew Foster-Williams, Don Alfonso

Ailish Tynan, Despina

ENO’s Mahagonny: biting, bleak, brilliantly executed satire

David Karlin, 16th February

Never has Brecht and Weill’s satire on the inhumanity of man to man been render with such utter darkness; Simon O’Neill heads up a superb cast.

*****

Cocteau-esque camp: Alden’s Partenope returns to ENO

Mark Valencia, 20th November

Christopher Alden’s Olivier Award-winning production of Handel’s Partenope returns to the Coliseum, but it's the singing that earns the plaudits.

****1

Dead Man Walking at English National Opera: a superb execution

David Karlin, 1st November

Anneliese Miskimmon's ENO production of Jake Heggie and Terence McNally's tale of crime, repentance, compassion and redemption compels from start to finish.

*****

Comedy falls flat in ENO's season opening Cinderella

Mark Valencia, 27th September

Julia Burbach and her designer, Herbert Murauer, are defeated by the wide canyons of the Coliseum stage in their modern-dress Cinderella.

**111

ENO gives Thea Musgrave's Mary, Queen of Scots a worthy performance

Nick Boston, 15th February

Musgrave's powerful depiction of a powerful woman at the mercy of male manipulation receives a strong staging from at ENO.

****1

Kicking down the door: The Marriage of Figaro revived at ENO

Dominic Lowe, 5th February

ENO's revival features a striking performance from Mary Bevan as bride-to-be Susanna, but elements of the staging continue to raise eyebrows.

****1

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Dominic Lowe

Dominic Lowe recently completed a degree in Classics, and one of his great interests is the reception of Greece and Rome in opera. A regular opera-goer since his very early teens, he is particularly keen on the hidden operatic gems of the 19th century. He is largely based in the South of England.

Taken for a ride: an energetic revival of Così fan tutte at English National Opera