Il Barbiere di Siviglia , Royal Opera House, London
Royal Opera House, London: With ultra-serious Verdi productions running at London's biggest houses, this determinedly buoyant revival of a Rossini evergreen could not present a greater contrast. Forget the radicalism and physicality that shocked contemporary audiences. We are left with a fantastical harlequinade in day-glo colour. The action is mostly imprisoned within a stripy toybox sent lurching into space du…
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