Katrin Lea Tag's minimalist set took the gamble one step further. From start to finish, the entire intergalactic drama of Castor and Pollux - the visits to heaven, hell, the battlefield and starry ...

A return to its roots for Castor et Pollux, Jean-Philippe Rameau’s lyric tragedy first performed in 1737 at the Académie royale and inspired by the mythological episode of the Gemini. Rarely performed ...

Rameau’s operas have never had much of a look-in this side of the Channel compared to those of Handel, and given that the English National Opera has probably done more than any other opera company to ...

Congratulations to English National Opera for finally bringing Rameaus masterpiece to the stage. While the company has done much to establish Handel in the modern repertoire, it has hitherto neglected ...

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