Thomas Elwin is the tenor soloist in Tippett's The Heart’s Assurance and Katie Stevenson is the soloist in Britten’s bizarre A Charm of Lullabies.

The Heart’s Assurance (Tippett) & A Charm of Lullabies (Britten)

Bernadette Iglich sets esponse to what he saw at the concentration camp at Belsen in The Holy Sonnets of John Donne.

The Holy Sonnets of John Donne (Britten)

Thomas Elwin (tenor) is the soloist in the ecstatic Boyhood’s End (1943), to which Paul Chantry and Rae Piper make response in dance.

Boyhood’s End (Tippett) & Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva (Shostakovich)

Dimitri Shostakovich’s brooding, passionate settings of Robert Burns, Shakespeare and Raleigh conceal the composer’s deep feelings about life.

Romances on British Poetry (Shostakovich) & The Poet’s Echo (Britten)

January 2021

Established in 1979, the English Touring Opera brings exceptional performances to cities all over the UK. Experience some of their most intriguing programs featuring Britten, Trippett, and Shostakovich. 

The English Touring Opera delivers intriguing, curated performances including work from Britten, Trippet, and Shosktavoich. 