ENO Weekly Round Up, Week of 1/6/20

9th June 2020 in News

Jane from our Chorus and her Husband performed for the neighbours after the final Clap for Our Carers.

On the Street Where We Live ❤🏡

ENO Chorus Member @Janesop and her husband @matharg have been performing for their neighbours every Thursday evening 🎶 Here they are during the final #ClapForOurCarers with their neighbour Dijan Mbanu on the flute 👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/A7D2QoHy8Y

— English National Opera (@E_N_O) June 6, 2020

Sean Gandini, the man behind the juggling choreography in #ENOAkhnaten, teaches a few simple tricks to have you juggling in no time!

🤹‍♂️ For a bit of Friday fun, we thought we'd ask Sean Gandini, the Juggling Choreographer for #ENOAkhnaten, to teach us…

Posted by English National Opera on Friday, June 5, 2020

Another week, another #ENOLegoChallenge… Hint: this production was at the London Coliseum this year.

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🚗 Can you name this ENO production? Hint: 💃 #ENOLegoChallenge

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Did you know that we were at Glastonbury in 2014? It’s one of Journalist Hugo Rifkind’s favourite festival moments!

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'The Pyramid stage at Glastonbury in 2004. The night before it had rained more than you would believe. Less than it would in 2005, granted, but we are still talking rivers. Now the festival had crawled out of its various tents to see English National Opera break new Glastonbury ground by performing a very small part of Wagner’s Ring.' Hugo Rifkind recalls his favourite festival moment in @thetimes today 🙌

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As usual, we end our round up with the weekly quiz! Let us know how you get on at #ENOQuiz on social media.

</p> <section> <h2> ENO Weekly Quiz, Vol. 12</h2> <p>Welcome to the ENO Weekly Quiz, with a new set of topics and questions to keep those brains busy!</p> <p> </p> <p>We’ll be putting together a five round quiz each week. One of the rounds will be about opera, the other four will cover a wide range of topics.</p> <p> </p> <p>Test yourself and share how you did with #ENOQuiz on social media.</p> </section> <section> <h2> <h2>General Knowledge:<span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span>Which of these places is not a Welsh city?</h2> </h2> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>General Knowledge: What type of animal is an Oryx?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong></strong>General Knowledge:<span style="font-size: 12px;"> </span>The tallest building in the world is located in which city?<strong style="color: #fefefe; background-color: transparent;"></strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="background-color: transparent;"></strong>General Knowledge: What is the capital of Barbados?<strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #fefefe;"></strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong></strong><strong>Sport: </strong>As of 2020, only London has hosted the Summer Olympics three times. Which one of the following cities have NOT hosted the Summer Olympics more than once?<strong style="color: #fefefe; background-color: transparent;"></strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong></strong><strong>Sport:</strong><span style="font-size: 12px;"><strong> </strong></span>Which team has won the FIFA World Cup five times – the most of all nations?<strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #fefefe;"></strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2 dir="ltr">Sport: How many horses are on each team in a polo match?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>Sport: In 1744, which British golf course established the first golf club?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="color: #ffffff; background-color: transparent;"></strong>Film and TV: Who directed Titanic, Avatar and The Terminator? <strong style="color: #fefefe; background-color: transparent;"></strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></strong>Film and TV: Sarah Lancashire rose to fame as barmaid Racquel in which British soap opera?<strong style="background-color: transparent; caret-color: #fefefe;"><span style="color: #fefefe; font-size: 18px;"></span></strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>Film and TV: Which US comedian wrote and directed Get Out and Us?</h2> <h2></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff;"></strong>Film & TV: Which wood is Harry Potter’s wand made from?<span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #fefefe;"></span></span></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="color: #ffffff; background-color: transparent;"></strong>Opera: Where was the Barber from in Rossini’s famous opera? <span style="color: #fefefe; background-color: transparent;"></span></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff;"></strong>Opera: Verdi’s<em> La traviata</em> is based on the novel <em>La Dame aux camelias </em>by which author? <span style="color: #fefefe;"></span></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="caret-color: #ffffff;"><strong> </strong></span></span></p> <h2>Opera: Which opera was written to open the new Cairo Opera House?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff;"></strong>Opera: Mario Cavaradossi is the hero in what opera? <span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #fefefe;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000;"></span></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h2>Better luck next time!</p> <h2><strong></strong></h2> </h2> <p>Share your score with #ENOQuiz on social media!</p> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>No worries!</strong></h2> </h3> <p>Share your score with #ENOQuiz on social media!</p> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>Pretty solid!</strong></h2> </h3> <p>Share your score with #ENOQuiz on social media!</p> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>Well done!</strong></h2> </h3> <p>Share your score with #ENOQuiz on social media!</p> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>You’re a pro!</strong></h2> </h3> <p>Share your score with #ENOQuiz on social media!</p> </section> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>

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