Partenope
Hugh Cutting and Nardus Williams perform in ENO's Partenope 2025, wearing elaborate costumes on stage.
Hugh Cutting (Arsace) & Nardus Williams (Partenope). Photo by Lloyd Winters.
Hugh Cutting, Nardus Williams, Katie Bray, and William Thomas pose together, dressed in period costumes for ENO's Partenope.
The company of Partenope. Photo by Lloyd Winters.
Hugh Cutting and Nardus Williams perform in ENO's Partenope 2025, dressed in elaborate costumes on stage.
Hugh Cutting (Arsace) & Nardus Williams (Partenope). Photo by Lloyd Winters.
The cast of ENO's Partenope 2025 poses together, wearing elaborate costumes in vibrant colours against a dramatic backdrop.
The company of Partenope. Photo by Lloyd Winters.
The cast of ENO's Partenope 2025 poses together, wearing vibrant costumes against a theatrical backdrop.
The company of Partenope. Photo by Lloyd Winters.
Ru Charlesworth and Nardus Williams perform in ENO's Partenope 2025, wearing elaborate costumes on stage.
Ru Charlesworth (Emelio) & Nardus Williams (Partenope). Photo by Lloyd Winters.
Nardus Williams and Ru Charlesworth perform in ENO's Partenope, showcasing vibrant costumes against a dramatic backdrop.
Ru Charlesworth (Emelio) & Nardus Williams (Partenope). Photo by Lloyd Winters.
Nardus Williams, Jake Ingbar, and Ru Charlesworth pose together, dressed in period costumes, against a theatrical backdrop.
The company of Partenope. Photo by Lloyd Winters.
Nardus Williams performs as Partenope, wearing an elaborate costume with intricate details and vibrant colours.
Nardus Williams (Partenope). Photo by Lloyd Winters.
William Thomas as Partenope, wearing a vibrant costume, poses confidently against a dramatic stage backdrop.
William Thomas (Ormonte). Photo by Lloyd Winters.

Partenope

Venue

London Coliseum

Relationship status: It’s complicated

When it comes to Partenope’s love life, complicated doesn’t quite cover it. Settle in for Handel’s first operatic rom com, where all isn’t fair in love and war.

Finding The One isn’t easy. Especially when you’re tangled up in a tricky love quadrangle.

Join our social butterfly Partenope and her three potential suitors – Arsace, Armindo and Eurimene – in this timeless tale where boys meet girl, girl falls for boy, and another ‘boy’ is really a girl looking for revenge on a boy… keeping up?

Find out if love is on the cards and if honesty wins, in this complex game of romance, where not everything (or everyone) is as it seems.

Closing

06/12/2025

Running Time

3h30, inc. interval

Genre

Opera

Age & Content

15+

Cast:

Nardus Williams as

Partenope

Hugh Cutting as

Arsace

Ru Charlesworth as

Emilio

Jake Ingbar as

Armindo

Katie Bray as

Rosmira

William Thomas as

Ormonte

Creative:

Conductor -

Christian Curnyn

Director -

Christopher Alden

Set Designer -

Andrew Lieberman

Set Designer -

Jon Morrell

Lighting Designer -

Adam Silverman

Movement Director -

Claire Glaskin

Movement & Intimacy Director -

Elaine Brown

Translator -

Amanda Holden

No accessibility performances are currently scheduled for this show.