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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. "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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. Tickets now on sale for Autumn 2022

    29 April 2022

    Summary: We are delighted to announce that tickets are now on sale in most of the venues on our 'Handelfest' tour of Ottone, Agrippina and Tamerlano in autumn 2022.