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  1. Take a look inside our rehearsal rooms

    13 February 2023

    Summary: With just one week to go until we open our spring tour with Giulio Cesare on 25 February, our cast and creative team have been hard at work in rehearsals

  2. Creating stories out of history: A closer look at the characters in Tutankhamun's Shoes

    10 November 2022

    Summary: This Autumn, English Touring Opera are touring our brand-new children's opera, Tutankhamun's Shoes, to schools, museums and theatres around the country. Tu

  3. Arts Council England funding decisions: ETO remains a National Portfolio Organisation and joins the Transfer Programme

    7 November 2022

    Summary: On Friday 4 November, Arts Council England announced its Investment Programme for 2023-26 of organisations who will receive regular funding from ACE. We ar

  4. Handelfest: In conversation with the creative team

    28 October 2022

    Summary: A few weeks ago, we sat down with marketing teams from our touring venues for a Q&A session with our creative team. Here is a glimpse into the insight

  5. Interview with Lysanne Van Overbeek: Director for Tutankhamun's Shoes

    21 October 2022

    Summary: At the start of the rehearsal period for Tutankhamun's Shoes, we asked Lysanne Van Overbeek (director of the piece) a few questions about her career, the p

  6. "A visceral experience": The reviews for Handelfest are in!

    21 October 2022

    Summary: We opened Handelfest on 1 October at Hackney Empire, and we've been delighted with the response so far! Take a look at the reviews from our three Handelfes

  7. Step into our Handelfest rehearsal rooms...

    23 September 2022

    Summary: With just one week to go until we open our autumn tour with Ottone on 1 October, our cast and creative team have been hard at work in rehearsals putting th

  8. Interview with Gusta, Stage Manager

    27 June 2022

    Summary: Hi Gusta! So, what roles have you done with ETO so far? I have worked with ETO for the last two seasons. In the Autumn, I was the Stage Manager for Back In

  9. Bringing the curtain down on our spring tour

    10 June 2022

    Summary: We brought our Spring 2022 tour of Puccini's La bohème and Rimsky-Korsakov's The Golden Cockerel to a close last Friday, with a great final performance at

  10. Out Now: The Firebird

    18 May 2022

    Summary: The Firebird, our new digital opera for children age 7+, is now available to view for free on ETO at Home! A co-production with Little Angel Theatre, this

  11. Help us improve our audience experience

    10 May 2022

    Summary: We’re carrying out a survey to help us learn more about our audiences and how we can give them the best possible experience. It should only take around fiv

  12. Announcing a new digital opera for children, The Firebird

    5 May 2022

    Summary: We are delighted to announce our new digital opera for children, The Firebird, in a co-production with Little Angel Theatre. A puppet opera based on the po