Opera al fresco? What could possibly go wrong?
As she settled into the rhythm of her aria, Julia Riley, singing Dorabella in our current production of Cosà fan tutte, felt something scramble on to her hand. With a thousand people hanging on her every word, she glanced down to see a small bat hanging nonchalantly from her wrist. Impressively, she continued as if nothing had happened but a nearby chorus member almost levitated sideways into the arms of fellow ch…