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...There I began to sense a possibility when my professor, the painter Tom Phillips, introduced me to the work of John Cage....
...Played as gripping modern drama, Jenůfa is surely the ideal opera to win new audiences at ENO. ★★★★☆ To March 27, eno.org...
...In 2003, the Arts Council had to save ENO again, with a £10mn bailout. Under John Berry, artistic director between 2005 and 2015, ENO’s creative ambitions swelled once more....
...John Findon delivers a fearsome rallying cry for persecution in the role of Bob Boles, but Christine Rice’s quality mezzo is on the high side for the riper lines of Auntie, the local publican....
...When he first heard the music, Brian Eno grabbed a copy of the single and ran to find David Bowie. “I’ve found the sound of the future,” he breathlessly announced....
...Since leaving ENO, Berry has also set up a charity called Opera Ventures....
...John NicksonDirector of Development, ENO, 1989-1992London W9, UK Letter in response to this letter: Arts Council England should rethink its strategy / From Chris Crowcroft, Penrith, Cumbria, UK...
...Part pantomime, part satire, part knockabout comedy, this Iolanthe has something for everybody. ★★★★☆ To October 25, eno.org Meanwhile the new broom has been busy at English Touring Opera....
...John Fisher London IG8, UK Letter in response to this letter: ENO is not the only victim of the arts council cuts / From David Brief, Norwich, Norfolk, UK...
...John Fisher’s comment on the English National Opera (“The free seat policy is one reason we’ll miss the ENO”, Letters, November 11) is fair enough but very London-centric....
...Rubbing shoulders with glam-rock royalty, he came together with Brian Eno, of Roxy Music fame, to record both as the first release for Eno’s Obscure Records in 1975....
...The opera has rarely felt so modern. ★★★★☆ To March 10, eno.org...
...“Something I learned from John Cage, that hero of music, was this idea that all the world is musical if you choose to listen to it that way,” Eno says....
...On paper, everything looked promising, but the ingredients did not gel, mainly because director and designer John Doyle failed to connect with the opera’s Romantic spirit....
...He became obsessed with John Coltrane, whose group he saw roughly 50 times, and he discovered African and Indonesian music....
...If only the guardian angel can conjure a better future for ENO as well. ★★★★☆ To December 10, eno.org...
...★★★★☆ To December 2, eno.org Letters in response to this review: The free seat policy is one reason we’ll miss the ENO / From John Fisher, London IG8, UK Withdrawing ENO funding risks alienating other...
...Now try this This week, I mostly listened to Brian Eno’s “In Dark Trees” while writing my column....
...Bonus points go to John Findon’s strongly sung Spoletta and an intriguing take on Tosca in the form of a poem read at the beginning of the production by ENO spoken-word artist Kieron Rennie....
...John Nickson makes the valid point (“Withdrawing ENO funding risks alienating other arts donors”, Letters, November 12) that private benefactors are going to look with concern at whether the organisations...
...English National Opera’s production of ‘Blue’ opens at the London Coliseum on April 20, eno.org Find out about our latest stories first — follow @ftweekend on Twitter...
...There we encounter a barman (Jamie O’Neill) with a gambling problem and an adman (John Cronin) with a drinking problem....
...Pop music In other music, Elton John has announced his farewell tour in Europe, after bidding goodbye to the US at Los Angeles’s Dodger Stadium in November....
...Most recently, Christian Ovonlen’s hand-printed silk works earned him the Brookfield Properties Craft Award, while Ntiense Eno-Amooquaye, another member of the collective, is set for a solo show at New York...
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