{"id":386,"date":"2018-01-02T21:26:54","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T21:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncomber.co.uk\/johncomber\/?p=386"},"modified":"2026-01-19T17:18:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T17:18:34","slug":"english-national-opera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johncomber.co.uk\/?p=386","title":{"rendered":"ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA"},"content":{"rendered":"

I loved working for the ENO. I was pretty much given free rein to come up with some ‘cool shit’ – a dream brief! Each campaign included press, outdoor, DM and online. My work made some noise, provoking comments from within the operatic community and journalists alike.<\/p><\/div><\/div>
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(Above) The blood in this image is actually paint. I found the paint splatter seperately, then a designer comp’ed this to an existing image – creating a macabre visual that perfectly encapsulates the bloody theme of this famous play.<\/p>\n

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(Above) With this crass pun, I may have gone too far – it created some controversy both here and in America. Read more.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

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(Below) To appeal to new audiences and make the play more approachable, I reframed the Magic Flute as an episode of EastEnders…<\/p>\n

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A selection of the DM pieces I created…<\/p>\n

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Reverse of Don Giovanni DM…<\/p>\n

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Reverse of Julius Carsar DM…<\/p>\n

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