Vinicio Capossela – review

Barbican, LondonVinicio Capossela may still be little-known in the UK, but in Italy he is acquiring the status of his early hero Paolo Conte as the country's best-known musical maverick, thanks to a style that echoes anything from Tom Waits to the rock theatrics of early Genesis. This was the British premier of Marinai, Profeti e Balene (Sailors, Prophets and Whales), a lengthy, sprawling sea-faring concept work that matches his fascination with Herman Melville's novels to surreal stories filled...

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