Mary Bevan News

The English National Opera has announced its 2016/17 season, showcasing an extraordinary range of work -- from the return of beloved classics to exciting new productions and a world premiere.

The English National Opera presents Gilbert & Sullivan's THE MIKADO, running 21 November 2015 - 5 February 2016. BroadwayWorld has an exclusive first look at the cast in action below!

Co-produced by the United Kingdom's The Opera Group and Opera North in association with ROH2 and Watford Palace Theatre comes the U.S. premiere of David Bruce and Glyn Maxwell's THE FIREWORK MAKER'S DAUGHTER, based on the novel by Philip Pullman (His Dark Materials trilogy) and directed by John Fulljames (The Enchanted Pig, New Vic 2010). Featuring performances by New York's Metropolis Ensemble chamber orchestra, led by GRAMMY Award-nominated conductor Andrew Cyr, and a cast of five singers who enliven shadow puppetry designed by Cambridge, England's Indefinite Articles, THE FIREWORK MAKER'S DAUGHTER makes its American debut at The New Victory Theater from May 3 through May 12, 2013.

Two of the country's leading actors will appear in the orchestral performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Usher Hall tonight, 13 August as part of Edinburgh International Festival 2012.

Two of the country's leading actors will appear in the orchestral performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Usher Hall on 13 August as part of Edinburgh International Festival 2012.