Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Royal Opera House Like Thomas Hardy with his condemned Tess – ‘a pure woman’ – Dmitry Shostakovich saw the merchant’s wife Katerina Ismailova, aka his double-...Read More
Macbeth, Royal Opera House Michael Church After two of the most abysmal new productions I have ever seen – From the House of the Dead at Covent Garden, and La traviata at the Coliseum – a revival ...Read More