The Passenger; Don Giovanni; Faust – review

Coliseum, London; Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff; Royal Opera House, LondonShostakovich called Mieczyslaw Weinberg's forgotten masterwork The Passenger (1968) a "hymn to humanity", a phrase much quoted in the wake of its belated UK premiere last week. No doubt sincerely meant at the time – the two composers were friends and professional allies – that epithet now seems almost glib and too easily said. Is it a "hymn to humanity" or a more morally complex and macabre exploration of life at it...

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