Jakob Lenz - review

Hampstead Theatre, LondonWolfgang Rihm's one-acter was last seen in London in 1987 when the long-gone and much missed Almeida festival presented its British premiere. Completed in 1978, it remains the only one of Rihm's theatre works (nine to date, including a full-length ballet) to have been staged here, and while it's a pity that Rihm's 60th birthday this year hasn't encouraged a UK production of one of the more ambitious later scores, ENO's production of Lenz is a welcome revival of a taut...

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