DESPITE PERSISTENT SNIPING FROM THE ANTI CAMP, those in favor of titles seem to have won the day, with most major international houses now running them. But like Amfortas's wound, the old sore has flared up again with the decision of English National Opera, announced in June, to introduce titles for almost all performances at the London Coliseum.
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ENO performs all operas in English, of course--it has since the establishment of Lilian Baylis's Sadler's ...