The operas of Gilbert and Sullivan are a challenge for any opera house, and at English National Opera, several notable directors – including Ken Russell and Mike Leigh – have attempted to bring a ...

This is Gilbert and Sullivan played for laughs and the whole cast, including a creditable Les Dennis as Sir Joseph, are clearly having a whale of a time Doubtless aiming for the feelgood factor, ...

A committed cast and polished musical direction aren’t enough to lift ENO’s HMS Pinafore, weighed down by intrusive comedy and faltering pacing English National Opera’s revival of HMS Pinafore ...

Cal McCrystal’s production for English National Opera is enormous fun, despite being saddled with extraneous material In 2018, comedy specialist Cal McCrystal gave English National Opera a highly ...

English National Opera's crowd-pleaser at the London Coliseum is uneven but a feel-good panacea for lockdown Casting Les Dennis as the First Lord of the Admiralty in Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Marc Brenner) The operas of Gilbert and Sullivan are a challenge for any opera house, and at English National Opera, several ...

English National Opera's crowd-pleaser at the London Coliseum is uneven but a feel-good panacea for lockdown Telegraph Opera Critic, Nicholas Kenyon, is an author and academic, and former Controller ...