Proms 10 & 11: Horrible Histories: ’Orrible Opera - 22 July 2023

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

14:00 & 18:00 Saturday 22 July 2023 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

The English National Opera Chorus
The English National Opera Orchestra
Keri-Lynn Wilson conductor
Neal Foster stage director
Angie Newman BSL Interpreter

[FFAdminMKS]

From dying divas and spellbinding sorceresses to ghosts and generals, join us for a high-decibel dive into the Horrible History of Opera.

[JasonPalmer]

As its the eno team will the singing be in english ?

[oddoneout]

From dying divas and spellbinding sorceresses to ghosts and generals, join us for a high-decibel dive into the Horrible History of Opera.

So take your ear-defenders folks? Not sure that emphasising high sound levels is the best approach if children might be present.

[Bryn]

As its the eno team will the singing be in english ?

Unless they pick an excerpt from Glass's Akhenaten, I'll presume so.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I've been listening to this concert, more in hope than expectation. The creators seem to think that children will respond if they have plenty of the Ministry of Silly Voices doing the talking. This may indeed have some effect, but if you really want to put them off, have lots of excessively wobbly voices - something we've had in abundance this afternoon. Uncontrolled vocal vibrato puts many people off opera - especially children. However, the concert may well be a huge success for some, so I hope my concerns are unwarranted.