English Touring Opera’s staging of Rossini’s Tudor drama is the first in Britain since 1818, while their Scottish tragedy is among the company’s finest achievements
Loneliness of soul … Mary Plazas as Elizabeth in ETO’s staging of Rossini’s opera – the first in the UK in two centuries. Photograph: Richard Hubert SmithnglishTouring Opera opened its spring season with a new production by the company’s artistic director, James Conway, of Rossini’s, performed under the title Elizabeth I. Premiered in Naples in 1815, the work is something of a rarity.
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