| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 17-Feb-2013 Theatre Royal | Splendid singing in Scottish Opera's quirky production of Werther |
The world of opera can sometimes be hard for the newcomer to love as there are often fiendishly complicated and frequently unbelievable plots to get to grips with. Jules Massenet’s opera Werther is happily none of these: it is a straightforward story of unrequited love.
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| 11-Feb-2012 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Figaro's wedding makes perfect comedy |
There's no such thing as a perfect comic opera, and I know it's wrong to describe any work of art as perfect. But seeing Mozart and da Ponte's Le Nozze di Figaro last night, I found this a difficult principle to accept: this opera is about as close as you can get.
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