Satyagraha | Opera review

Coliseum, LondonThree years ago, ENO's staging of Philip Glass's second opera, Satyagraha, devised by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch of the theatre company Improbable, seemed a marvel, transfixing musically and visually. The production has since been to New York's Metropolitan Opera, and its return to the ENO reaffirms its dramatic potency, with giant papier-mache puppets, video projections and eloquently choreographed movement.Much of the cast has returned, too, most importantly Alan Oke i...

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