with the English National Opera Don Carlos
The English National Opera has won particular praise for its productions of Verdi, especially their striking Mafia-style Rigoletto.
Mark Elder , the company's Director of Music, has been acclaimed for his conducting of Rigoletto, Otello and most recently Don Carlos , the subject tonight.
In the second of three workshops, Elder and David Pountney , the ENO Director of Productions, explore the dramatic confrontation between King Philip of Spain and the revolutionary nobleman Rodrigo Marquis of Posa, where emotional conflict and political expediency are fused in one of Verdi's most gripping duets. With Henry Newman John Tomlinson
Lighting COLIN WIDGERY Sound GRAHAM HAINES
Executive producer DENNIS MARKS Director KEITH CHEETHAM