Monteverdi's Flying Circus

Monteverdi was the father of modern opera. Kit Hesketh-Harvey on how he brought the composer's last days to lifeSometimes you need a grabby title simply in order to hook the moneymen. Monteverdi's Flying Circus was what Christopher Monks, the artistic director of the Armonico Consort, pitched to the suits: a follow-up to Armonico's immensely successful Fairy Queen, which had combined Purcell with puppetry. But the project needed a linking story. I'd written scripts previously for Armonico: Mozar...

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