ENO Chorus

About the ENO Chorus

The ENO Chorus is one of the finest professional operatic ensembles in the UK today.

Tracing its roots to the founding of the Sadler’s Wells Opera Company by Lilian Baylis in 1931, the ENO Chorus is committed to bringing opera sung in English to the widest possible audiences in thrilling and theatrically inventive productions.

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The ENO Chorus plays a key role in the company ensemble performing repertoire from Henry Purcell to Philip Glass. Recent notable successes include major new productions of:

At the 2016 Laurence Olivier Awards, the ENO Chorus and Orchestra won the award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera, and the Chorus were named Chorus of the Year at the 2016 International Opera Awards.

‘The transcendent ENO Chorus, who made the relentless choral writing seem effortless’ (What’s on Stage Satayagraha 2018)

‘the excellent ENO Chorus has rarely seemed so effervescent.’ (Daily Express Iolanthe 2018)

‘There’s a welcome spotlight thrown on many individual ENO choristers. Yet the real star is the chorus as a body. The sound they make in this tiny space is thrilling.’ (Guardian Paul Bunyan at Wilton’s Music Hall 2018)

Opera World Premieres

The ENO Chorus have played crucial parts in world premieres including The Winter’s Tale (Ryan Wigglesworth); Nico Muhly’s Marnie and Iain Bell’s Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel.

They have performed Death in Venice at Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, an acclaimed Peter Grimes at the BBC Proms, a series of sell-out performances of the Brahms Requiem and sung at the Aldeburgh Festival and the Barbican.

ENO Studio Live

The chorus have been at the forefront of ENO Studio Live productions often performing in principal roles. The inaugural production of The Day After was chosen by The Observer as one of the top ten musical events of 2017 – “ENO’s Chorus dazzled in world premiere of Jonathan Dove’s Phaeton-inspired opera”.

Other Studio Live productions include

The ENO Chorus: Who's who

Chorus Director Mark Biggins

Chorus Manager – David Dyer

Assistant Chorus Director – Avishka Edirisinghe

Sopranos

Joanne Appleby

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Fiona Canfield

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Gloria Crane

Natalie Herman

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Ella Kirkpatrick

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Lixin Liu

Claire Mitcher

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Claire Pendleton

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Jane Read

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Victoria Songwei Li

Mezzos

Morag Boyle

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Deborah Davison

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Annabella Vesela Ellis

Sophie Goldrick

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Karen Foster

Helen Johnson

Suzanne Joyce

Amy Kerenza Sedgwick

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Lydia Marchione

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Susanna Tudor-Thomas

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Tenors

Allan Adams

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Philippe Durrant

John-Colyn Gyeantey

Geraint Hylton

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Graeme Lauren

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David Newman

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Anton Rich

Pablo Strong

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Adam Sullivan

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Basses

Robert Winslade Anderson

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Trevor Bowes

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Michael Burke

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David Campbell

Ronald Nairne

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Paul Napier-Burrows

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David Porter-Thomas

Paul Sheehan

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Andrew Tinkler

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