Grand, LeedsMost directors make an impression by thinking big: Alessandro Talevi creates quite an impact through thinking small. Much of the significant action of his Opera North production is contained within a rectangular window, whose red flock curtains part to reveal a mini-Don brutalising his victims in a fashion at once violent, erratic and misogynistic. It requires only a policemen, a crocodile and a string of sausages to complete the effect of a full Punch and Judy show.The concept works...
Guardian Music — Grand, LeedsMost directors make an impression by thinking big: Alessandro Talevi creates quite an impact through thinking small. Much of the significant action of his Ope... more info