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.
Keep checking our website for more information – or join our mailing list and be the first to receive all the latest news from ETO.
| March 2012 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 8 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Hackney Empire | Box office: 020 8985 2424 |  |
| Fri 9 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Hackney Empire | Box office: 020 8985 2424 | |
| Sat 10 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Hackney Empire | Box office: 020 8985 2424 | |
| Tue 20 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Exeter Northcott | Box office: 01392 493 493 | |
| Wed 21 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Exeter Northcott | Box office: 01392 493 493 | |
| Thu 22 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Exeter Northcott | Box office: 01392 493 493 | |
| Fri 23 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Exeter Northcott | Box office: 01392 493 493 | |
| Sat 24 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Exeter Northcott | Box office: 01392 493 493 | |
| Mon 26 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Hall for Cornwall, Truro | Box office: 01872 26 24 66 | |
| Tue 27 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Hall for Cornwall, Truro | Box office: 01872 26 24 66 | |
| Wed 28 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Hall for Cornwall, Truro | Box office: 01872 26 24 66 | |
| Fri 30 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Lighthouse, Poole | Box office: 0844 406 8666 | |
| Sat 31 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Lighthouse, Poole | Box office: 0844 406 8666 | |
| April 2012 | |||||
| Tue 3 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | York Theatre Royal | Box office: 01904 623568 | |
| Wed 4 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | York Theatre Royal | Box office: 01904 623568 | |
| Tue 10 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Norwich Theatre Royal | Box office: 01603 630000 | |
| Wed 11 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Norwich Theatre Royal | Box office: 01603 630000 | |
| Fri 13 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Snape Maltings Concert Hall | Box office: 01728 687 110 | |
| Sat 14 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Snape Maltings Concert Hall | Box office: 01728 687 110 | |
| Mon 16 | 7.45pm | The Barber of Seville | Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield | Box office: 0114 249 6000 | |
| Tue 17 | 7.45pm | Eugene Onegin | Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield | Box office: 0114 249 6000 | |
| Wed 18 | 7.45pm | The Barber of Seville | Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield | Box office: 0114 249 6000 | |
| Fri 20 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | The Hawth, Crawley | Box office: 01293 553636 | |
| Sat 21 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | The Hawth, Crawley | Box office: 01293 553636 | |
| Mon 23 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | G Live Guildford | Box office: 0844 7701 797 | |
| Tue 24 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | G Live Guildford | Box office: 0844 7701 797 | |
| Thu 26 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Buxton Opera House | Box office: 0845 127 2190 | |
| Fri 27 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Buxton Opera House | Box office: 0845 127 2190 | |
| Sat 28 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Buxton Opera House | Box office: 0845 127 2190 | |
| May 2012 | |||||
| Tue 1 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham | Box office: 01242 572573 | |
| Wed 2 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham | Box office: 01242 572573 | |
| Thu 3 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham | Box office: 01242 572573 | |
| Fri 4 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham | Box office: 01242 572573 | |
| Sat 5 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham | Box office: 01242 572573 | |
| Wed 9 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Warwick Arts Centre | Box office: 024 7652 4524 | |
| Thu 10 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Warwick Arts Centre | Box office: 024 7652 4524 | |
| Fri 11 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Warwick Arts Centre | Box office: 024 7652 4524 | |
| Sat 12 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Warwick Arts Centre | Box office: 024 7652 4524 | |
| Mon 14 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Gala Theatre, Durham | Box office: 0191 332 4041 | |
| Tue 15 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Gala Theatre, Durham | Box office: 0191 332 4041 | |
| Thu 17 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Perth Festival, Perth Theatre | Box office: 01738 621 031 |
|
| Fri 18 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Perth Festival, Perth Theatre | Box office: 01738 621 031 |
|
| Sat 19 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Perth Festival, Perth Theatre | Box office: 01738 621 031 |
|
| Tue 22 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Cambridge Arts Theatre | Box office: 01223 503333 | |
| Wed 23 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Cambridge Arts Theatre | Box office: 01223 503333 | |
| Thu 24 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Cambridge Arts Theatre | Box office: 01223 503333 | |
| Fri 25 | 7.30pm | The Barber of Seville | Cambridge Arts Theatre | Box office: 01223 503333 | |
| Sat 26 | 7.30pm | Eugene Onegin | Cambridge Arts Theatre | Box office: 01223 503333 | |