La traviata new production

Verdi’s iconic love story of passion, sacrifice and loss is revitalized in a visually sumptuous new staging with Emma Bellin her role debut directed by Conall Morrison. ENO Chorus and Orchestra are conducted by Jonathan Darlington and Phillip Thomas.

SEPT27 · 30 OCT4 · 7 · 10 · 13 · 19 · 21 · 27 NOV 1 · 3 · 10 · 16

Jenu ̊ ̊fa new production

Janáácˇek’s psychological masterpiece is staged by visionary director David Alden, in a riveting new production featuring a first-class cast including Amanda Roocroft and Catherine Malfitano. ENO Chorus and Orchestra are conducted by Mikhail Agrestmaking his UK opera house debut.

OCT9 · 12 · 14 · 18 · 20 · 26 · 28

‘Director David Alden heated an already powerful opera into a veritable pressure cooker of emotional drama.’ Dallas Morning News

ENOlive at the London Coliseum 0870 145 0200www.eno.org English National Opera, London Coliseum St Martin’s Lane, London. WC2N 4ES September2006 Volume 57 No 9

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Front cover: John Tomlinson (r.) and John Daszak as Moses and Aron in Munich (see pp. 1071-2) (photo: Wilfried Höösl)

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1027Fresh start? By the Editor 1029Readers’letters 1034Unlucky histories Harlow Robinson traces Shostakovich’s operatic career 1046Newsdesk 1048People 329: Christine Brewer Hugh Canning 1054Opera and other tragedies Charles Pitt on an ill-fated West Indies opera house 1056Obituary 1059Opera around the world 1097Opera in Britain 1131Opera on CD 1137Opera on DVD 1140Coming events including plans for the UK houses, Vlaamse Opera, Lyon, Paris (Chââtelet), Opééra National du Rhin, Hamburg, Oslo, Geneva; ‘We hear that ...’; Opera calendar home and abroad 1155Classified advertisements 1156Singers remembered: Joyce Barker Max Loppert

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