ENO Weekly Round Up, Week of 29/6/20

7th July 2020 in News

Catch up on all the news from our social channels this week.

This week’s #ENOLegoChallenge depicts our recent production of a Verdi opera.

Our ENO costume team have been supporting NHS Heroes since the start of the pandemic.

We’re incredibly proud of the ENO Costume team who have used the last few months to help #NHSheroes 👏

They made their final scrubs delivery earlier this week to Royal Hospital Chelsea and want to say a huge thank you for all your donations and words of encouragement 💙 pic.twitter.com/GRxSr3SH8B

— English National Opera (@E_N_O) July 3, 2020

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From the archive 📷 When Frank Matcham designed the London Coliseum, home of English National Opera, with a revolving stage it was the first of its kind to be fitted into a British theatre. It was made up of three concentric rings which could all be operated independently and in both directions.

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ENO’s new Artistic Director was interviewed on BBC Front Row.

📻 Artistic Director Annilese Miskimmon will be on @BBCFrontRow tonight to talk arts during #Covid_19.

Tune into @BBCRadio4 from 19:15 👉 https://t.co/AfKCtf8V9h pic.twitter.com/lGmgzpo9jC

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

Finally our weekly roundup means it’s quiz time again! How much do you know about Benjamin Britten, the colour red or London parks?

Why not give it a go…

</p> <section data-rocket-location-hash="72651c892d54b60f02150027c53cc360"> <h2>ENO Weekly Quiz, Vol. 16</h2> <p>Welcome to the ENO Weekly Quiz, with a new set of topics and questions to keep your brains busy!</p> <p> </p> <p>We’ve put together a five-round quiz for you. Don’t worry, one of the rounds will definitely be about opera, but the other four will be on other topics.</p> <p> </p> <p>Test yourself and share how you did with #ENOQuiz on your social media channels.</p> </section> <section> <h2> <h2>London Parks: The Royal Parks of London are green spaces originally owned by the monarchy. Which of the following parks is not a Royal Park?</h2> </h2> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>London Parks: What is the name of the lake in Hyde Park?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3><strong><span style="font-size: 22px;">London Parks: Which of these London parks does not have a children’s playground?</span></strong></h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="background-color: transparent;"></strong>Red: Which of the following is not a shade of red?<strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #fefefe;"></strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>Red: What is the name given to a fear of the colour red?</h2> </h3> <h2></h2> </section> <section> <h3><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong>Red: What is the wavelength of the colour red?</strong></span></h3> <h2></h2> </section> <section> <h3> <h2 dir="ltr">Birthstones: What is the birthstone for July?</h2> </h3> <h2></h2> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>Birthstones: What is the birthstone for September?</h2> </h3> <h2></h2> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="color: #ffffff; background-color: transparent;"></strong>Birthstones: What is the birthstone for February? <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>Planetary Moons: What are the names of Mars’ two moons?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>Planetary Moons: Which is the largest of Jupiter’s Moons?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff;"></strong>Planetary Moons: Uranus’ moons are all named after characters in Shakespeare plays. Which of these is not one of Uranus’ moons?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff;"></strong>Opera: Benjamin Britten wrote <em>War Requiem</em> for the consecration of which building?<span style="color: #fefefe;"></span></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="caret-color: #ffffff;"><strong></strong></span></span>Opera: Which is the last opera that Benjamin Britten wrote?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="color: #ffffff; background-color: transparent;"></strong>Opera: ENO premiered the Benjamin Britten opera <em>Peter Grimes</em> when the company was still called Sadler’s Wells Opera, what year was it first performed?<span style="color: #fefefe; background-color: transparent;"></span></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #ffffff;"></strong>Opera: Which music college did Benjamin Britten attend?<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> </p> <p> </p> <p>

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