Oedipe; 4.48 Psychosis; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Il barbiere di Siviglia – review

Royal Opera House; Lyric Hammersmith, London; Glyndebourne, East SussexA superb cast ignites Enescu’s neglected 1936 epic in its UK premiere. And Philip Venables makes Sarah Kane’s final work singThe opening bars of Oedipe, questing and visionary, might be by Bruckner. In a trice we plunge into expressionist harmonies and the world of Schoenberg. Then with a sensuous flourish of flute and harp we are whisked into the glassy spheres of Debussy. All that with hardly time to settle in...

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