Les Troyens – review

Royal Opera House, LondonThough Scottish Opera brought the fine staging it shared with Opera North and Welsh National Opera to Covent Garden in 1990, it is 40 years since the Royal Opera itself gave a complete staged performance of Berlioz's Les Troyens.The new production, directed by David McVicar and conducted by Antonio Pappano, is therefore a major event, presenting as much of a challenge to the company's resources as any other single work in the repertory.It is a long evening in the opera h...

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