Get a free Gigulate account now Login Signup
×

Join Gigulate,
it's free!

Start tracking your favourite bands and get access to automagical music news!
or login

Terry Gilliam, Mike Figgis make opera debuts at ENO

English National Opera will hope to repeat the successes of Anthony Minghella's Madam ButterflyYou can sometimes hear complaints about English National Opera – they just grab the most fashionable names from the theatre, say the company's critics, and stick them in opera and hope for the best. (Rupert "Enron" Goold's 2009 Turandot was the one that really split opinion – some found it wayward but with flashes of brilliance, others felt it proved that the only really successful opera ...

Read full article

4 stories in this thread

11:53 on April 15 2010

Monty Python's Terry Gilliam to direct opera at ENO

The Telegraph — Monty Python legend Terry Gilliam has signed up as a director for the English National Opera, it has been announced. more info
Brian Eno
15:39 on April 15 2010

Terry Gilliam, Mike Figgis make opera debuts at ENO

Guardian Music — English National Opera will hope to repeat the successes of Anthony Minghella's Madam ButterflyYou can sometimes hear complaints about English National Opera – the... more info
Brian Eno Faust
17:45 on April 15 2010

ENO's forthcoming season could be a knockout

The Telegraph — The Royal Opera's 2010-11 season looks tired in comparison with ENO's offering, which features Terry Gilliam. more info
Brian Eno
21:04 on April 15 2010

Terry Gilliam to direct Faust for English National Opera

Guardian Music — • ENO hopes to repeat Minghella success• Company says 'It's our most ambitious season yet'The man who defined Monty Python's visual language, and directed suc... more info
Faust Brian Eno Björk Richard Wagner

Artists

Artists that are mentioned in this thread

Brian Eno Faust Björk
Richard Wagner

Sources

All the sources contributing to this story.

You are: HomeNewsStory

Explore

About

What's Gigulate?

  • Find all the bands everybody is talking about in news and blogs. Then see them live. Faster.
  • The sharpest music minds plugged into the world's greatest music machine.
  • Find out more
Legal stuff: Privacy Policy Terms and Conditions UK Flag
© Gigulate Ltd 2009 - 2024