ENO – Losing the Operatic Plot

So it’s Star Wars Day (May the Fourth be with you), but for a moment I thought it was April 1st. Reuters is reporting that in September (or ‘9’ as it seems to have been renamed) ENO will open an opera based on Colonel Gadaffi. No, seriously. The arias et al in ‘Gadaffi the Opera’ are replaced with music by ageing outfit Asian Dub Foundation. Clearly inspired by the publicity created by the Jerry Springer opera, those involved took their inspiration from Webber’s ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’… oh dear.