Royal Opera House, LondonThe Royal Opera's schedule for the next couple of months is dominated by the three Mozart-Da Ponte operas, tacitly celebrating arguably the greatest composer-librettist collaboration in history. None of the productions is new, and proceedings opened with a revival by Duncan MacFarland of Francesca Zambello's 2002 staging of Don Giovanni, a problematic piece of theatre, hampered on occasion by Zambello's perennial equation of opera with grandeur.MacFarland has injecte...
Guardian Music — Royal Opera House, LondonThe Royal Opera's schedule for the next couple of months is dominated by the three Mozart-Da Ponte operas, tacitly celebrating arguably the grea... more info