"European Opera"

Jorge Calado | Expresso, 19.10.13

(...) Although opera houses figures, companies and audiences have been increasing in the last 50 years - even in countries with no operatic tradition - the current economic climate and ongoing financial crisis are constant threats. It was with the intention of fighting this state of affairs that enOa was born. (...) Since 2011 enOa has made four productions, two of them - "Elena" (1659) by Francesco Cavalli and Mendonça´s opera - premiered this summer at Aix-en-Provence Festival. (...) Based on a short story by Julio Cortazar ("Casa Tomada, 1944), THE HOUSE TAKEN OVER, premiered this July, has started its european tour in Antwerp (seen on September 12); Luxembourg, Bruges and Lisbon will follow. In its scale, it is a small masterpiece, tense as the tightening of the screw, valued by Katie Mitchell´s brilliant staging. (...)