ENO Weekly Round Up, Week of 20/4/20

28th April 2020 in News

Here’s another round up of our favourite bits you might’ve missed on ENO’s social channels last week.

Matt Lucas joined our Chorus for a rendition of the Potato Song!

The ENO Chorus joined the one and only Matt Lucas for a #ThankYouBakedPotato sing along on tonight's #C4becheerful 🎶🥔Thanks for singing with us Matt 😊

Posted by English National Opera on Sunday, April 26, 2020

Meet the man behind the #ENOLegoChallenge, Props Workshop Manager, Paul Jones.

Growing up, Paul wanted to become either an astronaut or someone in charge of Lego. As ENO Props Workshop Manager, he's found his job isn't too far off the latter 🔨#ENOCraftMoment #ENOLegoChallenge #Lego

Posted by English National Opera on Monday, April 27, 2020

ENO Harewood Artist, Katie, explains what makes a mezzo a mezzo!

Ever wondered what makes a mezzo a mezzo? 🎶

In the first of our #ENOVoiceTypes videos, #ENOHarewoodArtist @Katie_Coventry explains the range of a mezzo-soprano and demonstrates with a piece from Rusalka 🧜‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/XyRoulcLOH

— English National Opera (@E_N_O) April 22, 2020

Any guesses which of these classic ENO productions this week’s Lego Challenge is depicting?

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An ENO favourite 🙌 Don't forget to use #ENOLegoChallenge to show us your @lego masterpieces👏

A post shared by English National Opera ENO (@englishnationalopera) on Apr 23, 2020 at 3:42am PDT

Once more, give our weekly quiz a go…

</p> <section> <h2>ENO Weekly Quiz, Vol. 6</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><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff;">General Knowledge: Who were the parents of Bastet, the Ancient Egyptian Cat Deity?</strong></h2> </h2> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>General Knowledge: </strong><strong style="color: #ffffff;">The first national park opened in 1862, which one was it?</strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>General Knowledge: </strong><strong style="color: #ffffff;">What is the most flexible muscle in the human body? </strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="background-color: transparent;">General Knowledge: </strong><strong style="color: #ffffff;">Which famous band was briefly called The Quarrymen?</strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3><strong>Food & Drink: </strong><strong style="color: #ffffff;">What is the most consumed manufactured drink in the world?</strong></h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>Food & Drink: </strong><strong style="color: #ffffff;">Which French cake is made of layers of almond sponge cake soaked in coffee syrup, layered with ganache and coffee flavoured buttercream, then covered in chocolate glaze?</strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>Food & Drink: </strong><strong style="color: #ffffff;">The Battenberg Cake was created in celebration of whose royal marriage?</strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>Food & Drink: </strong><strong style="color: #ffffff;">Which brand of beer does Homer Simpson drink?</strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff;">Opening Lines: ‘Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show’ is the first sentence of which novel by Charles Dickens? </strong></h2> </h3> <p><em style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Which book or film do these famous opening lines come from?</em></p> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="color: #ffffff; background-color: transparent;">Opening lines: ‘I don’t want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me.’</strong></h2> </h3> <p><em style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent;">Which book or film do these famous opening lines come from?</em></p> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff;">Opening lines: ‘The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air.’</strong></h2> </h3> <p><em style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent;">Which book or film do these famous opening lines come from?</em></p> </section> <section> <h3><strong>Opening Lines: </strong><strong style="color: #ffffff; background-color: transparent;">‘With the coming of the Second World War, many eyes in imprisoned Europe turned hopefully or desperately toward the freedom of the Americas. Lisbon became the great embarkation point. But not everybody could get to Lisbon directly.’</strong></h3> <p><em style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent;">Which book or film do these famous opening lines come from?</em></p> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff;">Opera: Which of these films has NOT featured Rossini’s <em>The Barber of Seville?</em></strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="color: #ffffff; background-color: transparent;">Opera: What is the first name of the Lord High Executioner in ‘The Mikado’?</strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="color: #ffffff; background-color: transparent;">Opera:<em> </em>In Puccini’s <em>La bohème</em> what part of Mimì’s body is cold when she first meets Rodolfo?</strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="color: #ffffff; background-color: transparent;">Opera: How old was Mozart when he wrote his first opera?</strong></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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