ENO

Jenůfa opera review: Intense and brilliant Janáček at the ENO | Theatre | Entertainment

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Thanks to three outstanding performances, two onstage and one in the orchestra pit, this production of Jenůfa gloriously demonstrates the heights the ENO can reach as well as the magnificence of Janáček’s music. Let’s start with the music because the Czech composer Leos Janáček had a unique style, with the orchestra and the singers often seeming detached from each … Read more

English National Opera’s The Handmaid’s Tale review: Grim but powerfully performed | Theatre | Entertainment

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When I first saw this adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s highly acclaimed novel two years ago, I could admire the appropriate clunkiness of Danish composer Poul Ruders’ music and the excellence of the singing, but I did not enjoy it. This time, I liked it far more, partly because I knew what I was letting myself … Read more