Double Trouble: Five Facts about Henry Purcell and Giacomo Carissimi
Everything you need to know about Purcell and Carissimi.
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Behind the Scenes at Dido & Aeneas Rehearsals
Director Seb Harcombe and Soprano Sky Ingram on their involvement in English Touring Opera’s upcoming production of Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, their careers, and their advice for budding artists. What is your role in the company? Sky Ingram: My role as part of the tour is performing the role of Queen Dido. Seb Harcombe: I […]
Read More Behind the Scenes at Dido & Aeneas RehearsalsGet A Good Grounding: The Importance of Ground Bass in Baroque Music
What is Ground Bass? The ‘Ground Bass’, a short, very harmonically-driven phrase that is repeated, sometimes strictly, and sometimes with variation, while a melody is built over the top, has most likely been around since the dawn of music itself. The earliest surviving examples date to the 13th Century, but it reached its heyday in […]
Read More Get A Good Grounding: The Importance of Ground Bass in Baroque MusicGet a Handle on Handel: Five Facts about George Frideric Handel
Five facts about George Frideric Handel, his music and legacy.
Read More Get a Handle on Handel: Five Facts about George Frideric HandelAmanda Wagg’s All-Time Favourites Playlist
Why not to get the cast of our Spring 2019 season throught their favourite music? We asked our cast their all-time favourites playlists. This week we’re listening to Amanda Wagg’s playlist. Amanda is sings in ETO’s Education opera Paradise Planet and sings in the chorus for Macbeth, Idomeneo and Elizabeth I. 1. Songs of Jason […]
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Why not get to know the cast on our Spring 2019 season through their favourite music? We asked our cast for their all-time favourite playlists. This week we present Paula Sides’s favourite tracks. Paula is an American soprano who is singing the role of Elettra in ETO’s Spring ’19 production of Mozart’s Idomeneo. 1. Stayin’ […]
Read More Paula Sides’s All-Time Favourites PlaylistAlison Manifold’s All-Time Favourites Playlist
Why not get to know the cast on our Spring 2019 season through their favourite music? We asked our cast for their all-time favourite playlists. First up we have Alison Manifold’s favourite tracks. Alison is an Austrialian Soprano who sings in the ETO chorus for all three Spring ’19 shows: Macbeth, Idomeneo and Elizabeth I […]
Read More Alison Manifold’s All-Time Favourites PlaylistA Lasting Effect: What Should You Know About Carlo Gesualdo?
As a part of our Autumn 2018 touring season, we’ll be presenting the music of Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa in our Triple Bill, under the title ‘I will not speak‘. Resident blogger, Alex Burns, introduces you to the man behind the music. 1. He was a murderer. Gesualdo found his wife of two years, […]
Read More A Lasting Effect: What Should You Know About Carlo Gesualdo?Operas with pride: a retrospective
In honour of London’s Pride parade tomorrow, the ETO office looked through our archives and thought it was a chance to highlight a selection of operas written by LGBTQ+ composers. Pride is the perfect time of year to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community’s monumental contribution to the arts. If you have a favourite work that’s been […]
Read More Operas with pride: a retrospective‘This Is My Bed’ goes to Luxembourg – Q&A with the cast
This week, I’ve been catching up with the cast and director of this year’s opera for audiences with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). This Is My Bed is being taken to Luxembourg to be performed in the Philharmonie theatre hall. This follows an extremely successful tour of the UK from March 2018 to June 2018 in more than 12 different schools.
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