ENO Weekly Round Up, Week of 23/03/20

31st March 2020 in News

We had another wonderful round of content this past week from our ENO family at home, with members of the Chorus and Orchestra alike getting in on the fun. Catch up on our goings on below, and test yourself against this week’s #ENOQuiz!

ENO Orchestra Horn player Corinne Bailey showed us how to reuse your washing up bottles and put your knowledge of The Marriage of Figaro to use, at the same time:

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Looking to take up a new musical hobby while you’re stuck at home but don’t have an instrument to hand? Horn player Corinne Bailey of the #ENOorchestra shows us how to make a horn out of just a Fairy Washing Up bottle ?

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We had more #ENOHandWashing fun with ENO Chorus members Mike Burke, Paul Sheehan, Andrew Tinkler and David Newman!

Happy Friday from ENO choristers Mike Burke, Paul Sheehan, @dandycricket and @newmantenor ?#ENOHandWashing ? pic.twitter.com/Q1NKRkMqpm

— English National Opera (@E_N_O) March 27, 2020

The Marriage of Figaro‘s Louise Alder gave a stunning a cappella rendition of the Flower Maidens from Wagner‘s Parsifal:

Ladies and gentlemen, we give you the LouLoubelles ????

Soprano @louisealdersop sings the Flower Maidens' scenes from Wagner’s Parsifal a cappella ? pic.twitter.com/HoUBAIYu8b

— English National Opera (@E_N_O) March 29, 2020

Philippa from our Props Workshop gave a tutorial on how to make your own origami birds, as seen in Madam Butterfly:

#ENOCraftMoment

Prop Maker Philippa teaches us how to make the beautiful origami birds seen in #ENOButterfly, and all you need is one A4 sheet of paper ?

Watch the full video on our Instagram feed ? https://t.co/9Na9mMpzKG pic.twitter.com/Xm5HhO5cSH

— English National Opera (@E_N_O) March 30, 2020

Our wonderful ENO Orchestra clarinets performed ‘Song to the Moon’ from Dvořák‘s Rusalka whilst respecting social distancing – it CAN be done!

The #ENOOrchestra clarinets practicing responsible social distancing while performing Dvořák's Song To The Moon from Rusalka ?? pic.twitter.com/ys5mR1VJvI

— English National Opera (@E_N_O) March 25, 2020

The Marriage of Figaro‘s Johnathan McCullough shared his isolation playlist with us, full of tunes keeping the boisterous baritone bopping:

‘Hello! Welcome to my isolation playlist. Music is a great way to deal with stress and a wonderful coping mechanism in uncertain times like these. I put this playlist together to give you a bit of a mood boost. I grew up listing to all different kinds of music and actually played in a rock band before making the switch over to opera. I’ve included some of my favorite bands/songs along with some stuff that I’m currently listening to.

I had tickets to see Waitress on the West End this past week, so I decided to open with one of the first songs from that. I’ve sprinkled some of my favorites from broadway, opera, and rock. Hope you enjoy!’

In honour of World Theatre Day, our CEO Stuart Murphy looked back at his time with ENO and his most enjoyable moments in a series of tweets:

In celebration of #WorldTheatreDay, CEO @stuartmurphy100 is looking back at some of the joy he has found in ENO over the last couple of years. Please join him in sharing your favourite ENO moments using #VividENOMemories (1/8) pic.twitter.com/XQoVSnAJSe

— English National Opera (@E_N_O) March 27, 2020

Paul from our Props department started off our #ENOLegoChallenge, daring members of the public to recreate their famous ENO scenes with Lego!

Pirates of Penzance, by Paul from our Props Department

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Iolanthe, made by Timothy, Maddie and Pippa Stead (@thestead on Twitter)

The Valkyrie, made by Laura Lawrie (@lauralawrie on Twitter)

A selection of submissions from #ENOLegoChallenge!

Finally, we have this weeks ENO Quiz – test your knowledge and tweet your result with #ENOQuiz:

</p> <section> <h2>ENO Weekly Quiz, Vol. 2</h2> <p>Welcome to the sophomore 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>General Knowledge</strong>: What does the acronym NASA stand for?</h2> </h2> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>General Knowledge</strong>: In Enid Blyton’s <em>Famous Five </em>series, what is the name of the dog?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>General Knowledge</strong>: What is the world’s largest tree dwelling animal?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>General Knowledge</strong>: In which American city are La Guardia, John F. Kennedy and Newark airports located?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>Visual Arts</strong>: Which of these is not a painting by Johannes Vermeer?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>Visual Arts</strong>: Which of these artists who rose to prominence in the 20th Century, was born first?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>Visual Arts: </strong>Which sculptor is best known for their statue ‘The Thinker’?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>Visual Arts: Which of these artists is associated with the ‘Op art’ movement?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>History:</strong> During the American Civil War, the Union General Benjamin Butler was given the scornful nickname ‘Spoons’, but why?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>History: </strong>Boudica was the leader of which British Tribe?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>History: </strong>Which King Henry was not the titular character of a Shakespeare play?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>History: Frederick the Great is often famously depicted with two companions – but who are they?</strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>Film: In which Indiana Jones film does Indy go to Al Khazneh in Petra, Jordan?</h2> <h2></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>Film: </strong>Tim Curry and Bill Skarsgård have depicted the same supernatural villain in adaptation of which Stephen King book?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>Film: </strong>The film <em>Amadeus</em> depicted Mozart’s adversarial</h2> <h2>relationship with which composer?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>Film: </strong>Which of these emotions is NOT a character in Pixar’s <em>Inside Out</em>?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>Opera</strong>: Nessun Dorma is an aria from which opera?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>Opera: </strong>What was the occupation of Peter Grimes, in the similarly titled opera by Benjamin Britten?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>Opera:</strong><em> </em>Gioachino Antonio Rossini’s last opera was about which legend?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong>Opera: </strong>Which famous figure conducted the premiere of Richard Wagner’s <em>Lohengrin</em> in 1850?</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> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>

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