Maurice Ravel & Giacomo Puccini at Opéra Bastille, Paris
Known as the Royal Opera's comic double bill, Ravel and Puccini return with "L'heure Espagnole/ Gianni Schicchi," after a span of more than ten years. With Elaine Kidd overseeing Richard Jones's productions, the duo's dark-tinged humour looks more or less intact. The casts though are significantly different, in L'Heure Espagnole, Ruxandra Donose takes over from the far from meticulous Concepcion, while in Gianni Schi…