Autumn 2012
English Touring Opera’s new season in Autumn 2012 is surprising, dramatic, risky and entertaining. ETO invites you to try operas you have not yet experienced – very different evenings of music and theatre, each a masterpiece.
This second collaboration with the award-winning Aurora Orchestra includes a village comedy of manners (Albert Herring), a psychological twister (The Lighthouse), and a poignant tribute to life in the face of death (The Emperor of Atlantis). The musical styles are just as various – ranging from Britten’s witty ensembles and sharply characterised songs to Maxwell Davies’ evocation of madness in a lonely lighthouse. In between are the ravishing melodies, the dance-like music hall numbers, and the glorious chorale of Viktor Ullmann’s rarely-performed opera, smuggled from a concentration camp after his murder.
Rich and unusual as these operas are, they are all highly entertaining in very different ways. For those new to opera – of all ages – they offer an exciting way in, through drama, dance and song. For people who already love opera, here is a chance to see some unusual repertoire, performed with care and excellence by superb singers and players. This is opera beyond the ‘top ten’ titles – each one a remarkable record of a special moment in the 20th century, when things changed forever.
| October 2012 | |||||
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| Thu 4 | 7.45pm | Albert Herring | Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London | Box office: 020 7304 4000 | Booking Closed |
| Fri 5 | 7.15pm | Towards an Unknown Port | Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London | Box office: 020 7304 4000 | Booking Closed |
| Fri 5 | 8.00pm | The Emperor of Atlantis | Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London | Box office: 020 7304 4000 | Booking Closed |
| Sat 6 | 7.45pm | Albert Herring | Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London | Box office: 020 7304 4000 | Booking Closed |
| Wed 10 | 7.45pm | Albert Herring | Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London | Box office: 020 7304 4000 | Booking Closed |
| Thu 11 | 7.45pm | The Lighthouse | Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London | Box office: 020 7304 4000 | Booking Closed |
| Fri 12 | 7.15pm | Towards an Unknown Port | Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London | Box office: 020 7304 4000 | Booking Closed |
| Fri 12 | 8.00pm | The Emperor of Atlantis | Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London | Box office: 020 7304 4000 | Booking Closed |
| Sat 13 | 7.45pm | The Lighthouse | Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London | Box office: 020 7304 4000 | Booking Closed |
| Tue 16 | 7.30pm | The Lighthouse | West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge | Box office: 01223 300085 | Booking Closed |
| Wed 17 | 7.30pm | Albert Herring | West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge | Box office: 01223 300085 | Booking Closed |
| Thu 18 | 7.30pm | Towards an Unknown Port | West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge | Box office: 01223 300085 | Booking Closed |
| Thu 18 | 8.15pm | The Emperor of Atlantis | West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge | Box office: 01223 300085 | Booking Closed |
| Fri 19 | 7.30pm | Albert Herring | West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge | Box office: 01223 300085 | Booking Closed |
| Sat 20 | 7.15pm | The Emperor of Atlantis | Alyth Gardens, London, NW11 | Box office: 020 8457 8795 | Booking Closed |
| Wed 24 | 7.30pm | The Lighthouse | Exeter Northcott | Box office: 01392 493 493 | Booking Closed |
| Thu 25 | 7.30pm | Albert Herring | Exeter Northcott | Box office: 01392 493 493 | Booking Closed |
| Fri 26 | 7.30pm | Towards an Unknown Port | Exeter Northcott | Box office: 01392 493 493 | Booking Closed |
| Fri 26 | 8.15pm | The Emperor of Atlantis | Exeter Northcott | Box office: 01392 493 493 | Booking Closed |
| Sat 27 | 7.30pm | Albert Herring | Exeter Northcott | Box office: 01392 493 493 | Booking Closed |
| Mon 29 | 7.30pm | Towards an Unknown Port | Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells | Box office: 01892 530613/532072 | Booking Closed |
| Mon 29 | 8.15pm | The Emperor of Atlantis | Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells | Box office: 01892 530613/532072 | Booking Closed |
| Tue 30 | 7.30pm | Albert Herring | Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells | Box office: 01892 530613/532072 | Booking Closed |
| November 2012 | |||||
| Thu 1 | 7.30pm | The Lighthouse | Harrogate Theatre | Box office: 01423 502 116 | Booking Closed |
| Fri 2 | 7.30pm | Albert Herring | Harrogate Theatre | Box office: 01423 502 116 | Booking Closed |
| Sat 3 | 7.30pm | Towards an Unknown Port | Harrogate Theatre | Box office: 01423 502 116 | Booking Closed |
| Sat 3 | 8.15pm | The Emperor of Atlantis | Harrogate Theatre | Box office: 01423 502 116 | Booking Closed |
| Mon 5 | 7.30pm | Albert Herring | Theatre Royal Bath | Box office: 01225 448844 | Booking Closed |
| Tue 6 | 7.30pm | The Lighthouse | Theatre Royal Bath | Box office: 01225 448844 | Booking Closed |
| Fri 9 | 7.30pm | The Lighthouse | Snape Maltings Concert Hall | Box office: 01728 687 110 | Booking Closed |
| Sat 10 | 7.30pm | Albert Herring | Snape Maltings Concert Hall | Box office: 01728 687 110 | Booking Closed |
| Sun 11 | 4.00pm | The Emperor of Atlantis | Snape Maltings Concert Hall | Box office: 01728 687 110 | Booking Closed |
| Tue 13 | 7.30pm | Albert Herring | Malvern Theatres | Box office: 01684 892277 | Booking Closed |
| Wed 14 | 7.30pm | Towards an Unknown Port | Great Malvern Priory | Box office: 01684 892277 | Booking Closed |
| Wed 14 | 8.15pm | The Emperor of Atlantis | Great Malvern Priory | Box office: 01684 892277 | Booking Closed |
| Fri 16 | 7.30pm | Albert Herring | Buxton Opera House | Box office: 0845 127 2190 | Booking Closed |
| Sat 17 | 8.15pm | The Emperor of Atlantis | Buxton Opera House | Box office: 0845 127 2190 | Booking Closed |