Zátopek! – review

Epstein theatre, LiverpoolIn 1952, the legendary Czech long-distance runner Emil Zátopek took Olympic gold in both the 5,000 and 10,000-metre races. On a whim, he decided to enter the marathon, despite never having attempted the distance before. He won that, too.Emily Howard's short opera is, like its subject, almost insanely ambitious. As part of the PRS Foundation New Music 20x12 programme, it has a running time of precisely 12 minutes, compressing the entire span of the athlete's career into...

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