English National Opera

English National Opera (ENO), located at the Coliseum Theatre on St. Martin's Lane is one of two opera companies in London, along with the Royal Opera at Covent Garden. It is a world-class company, as famous for attracting talented lesser-known singers as it is for its modern productions and groundbreaking setting of opera. ENO currently mounts twenty productions a year with an annual audience of 450,000. Its music director is Paul Daniel.

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See also the article on the Coliseum.

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The Coliseum Theatre, near Trafalgar Square, is one of London's largest and best equipped theatres, opening in 1904. Built by Frank Matcham, a famous theatrical architect who designed two famous London theatres: the London Palladium and the London Coliseum. It underwent extensive renovations between 2000 and 2004 and has the widest proscenium arch in London as well as being one of the earliest to have electric lighting. It was built with a revolving stage although this was rarely used.

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Trafalgar Square - 1904 - Frank Matcham - London Palladium - Coliseum - London - Electric

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It was the creation of the most powerful theatre manager of the day, Oswald Stoll, and the foremost theatre architect, Frank Matcham. Their ambition was to build the largest and finest 'People's palace of entertainment' of its age. English National Opera moved into the theatre in 1968. In 1992 ENO bought the freehold for £12.8m.

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