Issue 10: A look back on the past three and a half years
4th March 2024
ENO Breathe is in it’s fourth year, we’ve had 3435 participants take part in the programme to date, and we’ve had some truly incredible moments along the way. On this page, we have collated some of our achievements, awards and adventures to date!
Awards and Nominations
- ENO Breathe was awarded the prestigious RPS Impact Award in 2021. You can read the news article here.
- We were shortlisted for The Stage Community Project of the Year and Broadway World UK Awards under the category of Lockdown Hero.
- ENO Breathe was recognised with an inaugural American Academy of Teachers of Singing (AATS) award for COVID-19 Response (2021). You can read the announcement here.
Achievements, Adventures and Firsts
A collection of some past ENO Breathe participants who have shared their stories with us:
- An Adventure in Nepal – Andy
- Gemma Lee: Training for and climbing Ben Nevis
- Running the Berlin Half Marathon for ENO Breathe | English National Opera
- Our wildcard entrant for the Landscape Artist of the Year Shazeeyah
- Taking to the water: ‘Synchronised’ Swimming
- Caroline Smith: running a half marathon in aid of ENO Breathe
- Taking to the Piazza – finding new confidence: Hetty
- ENO Breathe participant, Dave, returns to performing
- A Randomised Controlled Trial on ENO Breathe was published in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal
Events
- Last year, we were delighted to be able to work creatively, outside of ENO Breathe sessions with some of the ENO Breathe Communtiy. We offered a series of new creative sessions in which we wanted to hear the participants’ ideas & stories, and connect with their creativity to help us craft some new lullabies together. After a series of workshops we were able to have 70 of the particiapnts at the London Coliseum to perform on 3 May 2023, before one of the mainstage opera. Read all about the sessions and the 3 May performance here.
- ENO Breathe was featured in a Science Museum exhibition in both Manchester, and London: Turn It Up: The power of music | Science Museum | London
ENO Breathe Press Coverage (as of February 2023)
- 589 total pieces of coverage
- 6 continents reached
- 100 interviews with key spokespeople
- 403 broadcast mentions
- 88 national broadcast mentions
- 315 regional broadcast mentions
- 18 international broadcast mentions
You can find more notable articles and press mentiones on our How ENO Breathe Helped Me page.