Page 163 - Media Coverage Book - 75th Aldeburgh Festival 2024

This Spring, ETO’s opera for 7-11-year-olds, The Great
Stink received 54 performances around the country,

including at its partner school in Sheffield. This move will
allow the company to build roots within the community and
work with local partners, including Sheffield Music Hub
and the new South Yorkshire Music Hub, to enrich the

musical lives of local residents through dedicated
productions for children and members of the community as
well as workshops and more.

The initial move will be to a temporary office base in
Sheffield, to be completed by October 2024, allowing ETO to
form deeper relationships within the city before moving to a

permanent home there in 2025. Because of the long-term
nature of the company’s planning cycle, ETO will continue to
rehearse and open its tours at London’s Hackney Empire in
2025, with the ambition to rehearse and open in Sheffield

from the Spring 2026 season.

ETO’s next performance is a brand-new production of
Dame Judith Weir’s Blond Eckbert, a co-production with

Britten Pears Arts which opens the 75th Aldeburgh
Festival on Friday 7 June 2024. The production will then
tour England this Autumn alongside a new production of

The Snowmaiden by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.