Spring 2012
This spring English Touring Opera plans a season of two of the most popular operas in the repertoire – Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin and Rossini’s The Barber of Seville.
Our production of Tchaikovsky’s romantic classic Eugene Onegin received critical acclaim and popular ovations around the country in 2007. The Guardian (4 stars) said of it that “it sheds more light on Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece than any other recent UK production”. ETO Director James Conway and Conductor Michael Rosewell return to this striking production with a new cast, including emerging star Nicholas Lester in the title role. With its heartfelt arias and ensembles, its splendid choruses and ballroom scenes, and Tchaikovsky’s gift for melody, rich orchestration and drama, Eugene Onegin is a night at the opera for romantics of all ages.
Effervescent, high-spirited, vocally brilliant, a work of comic genius: Rossini’s masterpiece The Barber of Seville is a favourite with audiences around the world. ETO’s new production, directed by the exciting and imaginative Thomas Guthrie and conducted by an experienced master of Italian opera, Paul McGrath, promises to be one of the highlights of the artistic calendar in 2012. The roguish young Count Almaviva, masquerading as the student Lindoro, will be sung by Nicholas Sharratt, one of the UK’s most promising Italianate tenors. Kitty Whately, winner of the 2011 Kathleen Ferrier Award, plays his beloved Rosina, as cunning as she is lovely.
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| March 2012 | |||||
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| Thu 8 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Hackney Empire | Box office: 020 8985 2424 | Booking Closed |
| Fri 9 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Hackney Empire | Box office: 020 8985 2424 | Booking Closed |
| Sat 10 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Hackney Empire | Box office: 020 8985 2424 | Booking Closed |
| Tue 20 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Exeter Northcott | Box office: 01392 493 493 | Booking Closed |
| Wed 21 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Exeter Northcott | Box office: 01392 493 493 | Booking Closed |
| Thu 22 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Exeter Northcott | Box office: 01392 493 493 | Booking Closed |
| Fri 23 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Exeter Northcott | Box office: 01392 493 493 | Booking Closed |
| Sat 24 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Exeter Northcott | Box office: 01392 493 493 | Booking Closed |
| Mon 26 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Hall for Cornwall, Truro | Box office: 01872 26 24 66 | Booking Closed |
| Tue 27 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Hall for Cornwall, Truro | Box office: 01872 26 24 66 | Booking Closed |
| Wed 28 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Hall for Cornwall, Truro | Box office: 01872 26 24 66 | Booking Closed |
| Fri 30 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Lighthouse, Poole | Box office: 0844 406 8666 | Booking Closed |
| Sat 31 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Lighthouse, Poole | Box office: 0844 406 8666 | Booking Closed |
| April 2012 | |||||
| Tue 3 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | York Theatre Royal | Box office: 01904 623568 | Booking Closed |
| Wed 4 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | York Theatre Royal | Box office: 01904 623568 | Booking Closed |
| Tue 10 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Norwich Theatre Royal | Box office: 01603 630000 | Booking Closed |
| Wed 11 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Norwich Theatre Royal | Box office: 01603 630000 | Booking Closed |
| Fri 13 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Snape Maltings Concert Hall | Box office: 01728 687 110 | Booking Closed |
| Sat 14 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Snape Maltings Concert Hall | Box office: 01728 687 110 | Booking Closed |
| Mon 16 | 7.45pm | The Barber of Seville | Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield | Box office: 0114 249 6000 | Booking Closed |
| Tue 17 | 7.45pm | Eugene Onegin | Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield | Box office: 0114 249 6000 | Booking Closed |
| Wed 18 | 7.45pm | The Barber of Seville | Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield | Box office: 0114 249 6000 | Booking Closed |
| Fri 20 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | The Hawth, Crawley | Box office: 01293 553636 | Booking Closed |
| Sat 21 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | The Hawth, Crawley | Box office: 01293 553636 | Booking Closed |
| Mon 23 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | G Live Guildford | Box office: 0844 7701 797 | Booking Closed |
| Tue 24 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | G Live Guildford | Box office: 0844 7701 797 | Booking Closed |
| Thu 26 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Buxton Opera House | Box office: 0845 127 2190 | Booking Closed |
| Fri 27 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Buxton Opera House | Box office: 0845 127 2190 | Booking Closed |
| Sat 28 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Buxton Opera House | Box office: 0845 127 2190 | Booking Closed |
| May 2012 | |||||
| Tue 1 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham | Box office: 01242 572573 | Booking Closed |
| Wed 2 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham | Box office: 01242 572573 | Booking Closed |
| Thu 3 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham | Box office: 01242 572573 | Booking Closed |
| Fri 4 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham | Box office: 01242 572573 | Booking Closed |
| Sat 5 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham | Box office: 01242 572573 | Booking Closed |
| Wed 9 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Warwick Arts Centre | Box office: 024 7652 4524 | Booking Closed |
| Thu 10 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Warwick Arts Centre | Box office: 024 7652 4524 | Booking Closed |
| Fri 11 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Warwick Arts Centre | Box office: 024 7652 4524 | Booking Closed |
| Sat 12 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Warwick Arts Centre | Box office: 024 7652 4524 | Booking Closed |
| Mon 14 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Gala Theatre, Durham | Box office: 03000 266600 | Booking Closed |
| Tue 15 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Gala Theatre, Durham | Box office: 03000 266600 | Booking Closed |
| Thu 17 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Perth Festival, Perth Theatre | Box office: 01738 621 031 | Booking Closed |
| Fri 18 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Perth Festival, Perth Theatre | Box office: 01738 621 031 | Booking Closed |
| Sat 19 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Perth Festival, Perth Theatre | Box office: 01738 621 031 | Booking Closed |
| Tue 22 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Cambridge Arts Theatre | Box office: 01223 503333 | Booking Closed |
| Wed 23 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Cambridge Arts Theatre | Box office: 01223 503333 | Booking Closed |
| Thu 24 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Cambridge Arts Theatre | Box office: 01223 503333 | Booking Closed |
| Fri 25 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Cambridge Arts Theatre | Box office: 01223 503333 | Booking Closed |
| Sat 26 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Cambridge Arts Theatre | Box office: 01223 503333 | Booking Closed |