Our Spring season opened with a bang last weekend as we premiered new productions of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Gondoliers and Pagliacci by Leoncavallo at the Lyceum Theatre in Sheffield, the first time we've opened a season in our new home city.

Both productions are now on tour until 21 May. For dates and more information, click the button below.

The Gondoliers

“This fast-paced, intricately choreographed show is a masterclass in clarity over chaos"
★★★★★, The Guardian

"Hugely entertaining… a delightful show that is the very definition of musical entertainment"
★★★★★, The Stage

“There are tons of laughs… sumptuous costumes, whirling choreography and some impeccably Venetian sets"
★★★★, The Times

“Earns every one of its six out of five stars… a production no opera lover should miss.”
★★★★★, Northern Arts Review

“...a masterpiece and testament to the importance of ETO’s presence across the UK”
Opera Now

Pagliacci

“Emotional intensity generated by Ronald Samm, playing Canio as a washed-up former star, and Paula Sides as a Nedda desperately trying to keep the show and her marriage from going off the rails.”
★★★★, The Times

“Leoncavallo’s grand guignol staged with insight and commitment.”
The Guardian

“An intense ninety minutes of drama – you do not want to miss this one.”
★★★★★, Northern Arts Review

"Paula Sides’ Nedda a luscious highlight with a free, wide soprano capable of anything. Her relationship to Ronald Samm’s Canio was masterfully acted by both”
Opera Now

“Ronald Samm's astonishing performance as Canio… The way Samm unravelled Canio's character simply breathtaking”
Planet Hugill