Flight mode: ‘Angel’s Bone’, English National Opera, London, UK

‘Opera that does not look away’ is the theme of English National Opera’s 2026/27 season – and in the case of ‘Angel’s Bone’, one might wonder ‘where to look?’ This one-act lightning bolt of a piece by composer Du Yun and librettist Royce Vavrek feels like an alchemical conversion of adrenaline to music. Hardly pausing…