ENF 2026 closes on a high note with Haydn and Mozart at their most splendid and entertaining, plus vocal fireworks from Stravinsky. There’s a hidden agenda of travel behind the music, too: all these composers were far from home. Haydn in London, Mozart in Paris and Prague, Stravinsky in the USA.
Anna Dennis has had a phenomenal few years since her ENF debut in 2023. She had a spectacular success recently in the title role of Susanna at Opera North, praised for her dazzling coloratura as much as her moving dramatic performance. Recent appearances around the world have included singing music by Thomas Adès with the LA Philharmonic conducted by the composer – quite a contrast. She gives us two very different women here: loyal Ann Truelove and fiery Donna Elvira. She returns to ENF to join the matchless team of the SCO and Emelyanchev.