La Clemenza di Tito – review

Barbican, LondonLa Clemenza di Tito, Mozart's great examination of the relationships between desire, power and altruism, is the most severe of his major operas, and can sometimes have more impact in concert than in the theatre, where excessive directorial intervention has a habit of muddling its moral insights. Though not perfect, this Barbican performance, with Louis Langrée conducting the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and Deutscher Kammerchor, attained a remarkable sharpness of musical a...

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