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In Rehearsal: ETO's Autumn 2025 Season

23 Sep 2025

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Take a deeper dive into this season's productions with a peek into our rehearsal rooms!

The Elixir of Love

A man and woman sit on benches smiling at each other in rehearsal

Natasha Page (Adina) and Tamsanqa Tylor Lamani (Nemorino)

Credit: Craig Fuller

Sparkling, romantic, hilarious. A down on its luck seaside town meets Donizetti’s classic Italian composition in The Elixir of Love.

Performed in English with English surtitles and complete with exquisite music played by a 16 piece orchestra, The Elixir of Love is one of Donizetti’s most frequently staged operas and a classic will they? won’t they? story packed with warmth and romance. Cold fish and chips, a windy seaside town and melted ice cream set the scene for our new production.

A woman waves and smiles in the rehearsal room

Natasha Page (Adina)

Credit: Craig Fuller
A man holds an apple out in his hand while a woman takes a bite of it

Alexandra Meier (Ensemble) and Timothy Nelson (Belcore)

Credit: Craig Fuller
A man throws an apple in the air in the rehearsal room

James Quilligan (Ensemble) and Ensemble members

Credit: Craig Fuller
A man and woman look frustratingly at each other in the rehearsal room

Natasha Page (Adina) and Timothy Nelson (Belcore)

Credit: Craig Fuller

The Rape of Lucretia

A man and woman singing in the rehearsal room

William Morgan (Male Chorus) and Jenny Stafford (Female Chorus)

Credit: Craig Fuller

Destruction, violence and resistance in The Rape of Lucretia.

A brutally relevant and chilling exploration of the abuse of power, The Rape of Lucretia shows the darkest reaches of human nature and the perseverance of hope in a piece underscored by beautiful music and lyricism from one of the UK’s greatest composers.

Director Robin Norton Hale looks at the production team with a smile during rehearsals

Robin Norton-Hale (Director)

Credit: Craig Fuller
A women sits on the ground fearfully looking up at a man standing on a table

Jenny Stafford (Female Chorus)

Credit: Craig Fuller
A man in a blue shirt stands in the rehearsal room

Kieran Rayner (Tarquinius)

Credit: Craig Fuller
A man plays a set of silver drums in the rehearsal room

Otis Enokido-Lineham (Assistant Conductor)

Credit: Craig Fuller

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