In praise of … David McVicar | Editorial

McVicar has made himself the go-to director for opera houses wanting to renew their stagings of core worksThink of Verdi's grandest of grand operas Aida and you probably think of pyramids, palm trees, art deco headdresses and maybe even a few elephants. Go to David McVicar's new production of Aida at the Royal Opera House and you get none of that. Instead you get cruelty, blood sacrifice, erotic hysteria and darkness. Sacrilege? Only to those who want their operas permanently preserved in aspic ...

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