A Christmas Carol by Iain Bell… Dickens authority Simon Callow… Sir Nicholas Hytner’s Magic Flute and Lee Blakeley’s Sweeney Todd…. John Cox’s Otello… Michael Grandage’s hit staging of Madame Butterfly…. Iain Paterson’s first staged portrayal of Wotan…. Dramatic soprano Susan Bullock, who made waves with her star turn at London’s Last Night of the Proms in 2011, makes her first foray into musical theater in her role debut as Todd’s partner in crime, Mrs. Lovett…. South Africa’s Jacques Imbrailo returns as Guglielmo, a role he has sung to acclaim at Glyndebourne…. New Zealand–born tenor Simon O’Neill…” Wow, English National Opera sure is offering an amazing home-grown season this year… oh, wait.

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