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  1. Preparing to stage A Poet’s Echo (Britten/ Pushkin)

    1 December 2020

    Summary: Until a few years ago I knew little of this song cycle. I guess it was when I was preparing to direct Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene Onegin that I set out to r

  2. Thoughts on Poulenc

    18 November 2020

    Summary: I’ve loved Poulenc’s music since my student days, when Graham Johnson and I performed “La courte paille” in a recital at the Royal Academy of Music. We wen

  3. The Big Give Christmas Challenge

    13 November 2020

    Summary: ETO is taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge 2020 SAVE THE DATE: 1-8 DECEMBER We need your help to tackle the impact Covid-19 has had on childre

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    A message from our director

    3 November 2020

    Summary: Dear friends and family of English Touring Opera, Oh gosh, how sad I am that we cannot share with most of you first-hand the beautiful work that we have ma

  5. Formal statement regarding English Touring Opera Autumn season

    3 November 2020

    Summary: It is with great sadness that English Touring Opera can confirm that the 13 remaining November performances of our live Autumn tour will be cancelled as a

  6. Red theatre seats with gold embroidered numbers

    Autumn 2020 Season Covid-19 update

    25 October 2020

    Summary: The performance of Lyric Solitude at Snape Maltings on Sunday 25 October were cancelled as a precaution after a cast member tested positive for Covid-19. T

  7. Singer looking at sheet music whilst watched by a director

    Autumn 2020: Back in rehearsals

    24 September 2020

    Summary: This month, ETO began rehearsals on our Autumn 2020 season. A team of artists are working on a programme of lyric monodramas that can be toured nationally

  8. ETO Stays at Home

    29 April 2020

    Summary: Following the film version of our production of Bach’s St John Passion (which is still running after our release on Easter Sunday), and the launch of our s

  9. Kids' Singing Lesson 1: How to warm up | Sing With English Touring Opera

    29 April 2020

    Summary: Sing like an opera singer with English Touring Opera. Learn skills and techniques from Spring 2020 opera singers during this series of singing lessons. Eac

  10. Adults' Singing Lesson 1: Breath | Sing with English Touring Opera

    29 April 2020

    Summary: Sing like an opera singer with English Touring Opera. Learn skills and techniques from Spring 2020 opera singers during this series of singing lessons. Eac

  11. Conductor with orchestra, soloists and choirs

    Bach's St John Passion Broadcast Extended to 10 May

    21 April 2020

    Summary: ENGLISH TOURING OPERA are extending the broadcast period of Bach’s St John Passionuntil 10 May, following an overwhelming response.Our first ever broadcast