Seven Angels: Kyoto beef to the rescue

When poet Glyn Maxwell was asked to turn Paradise Lost into an opera, he didn't think it could be done. Then he remembered a lavish banquet thrown for the G8 world leaders …Three years ago, I was working on my libretto for The Lion's Face, an opera about dementia. Feeling a little downcast by the material one day, I resolved that my next libretto would be light, sweet and comic. Then John Fulljames of the Opera Group wondered if I might take a look at Milton's Paradise Lost. I asked if a light...

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