La Fanciulla del West | Edinburgh opera review

Usher HallPuccini's operatic take on the wild west has never made it into the standard repertoire, although the Royal Opera dusts off its venerable 1970s production every few years. It is a work unlikely to be making an appearance in Scottish Opera's main season any time soon, so this concert performance at the festival could be seen as the next-best thing.On the day the story was leaked that Scottish Opera is threatening to make its orchestra go part-time, music director Francesco Corti brought...

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