But here’s the thing: it really works, as fresh, coherent and compelling as ever. Miller’s overarching big idea – the almost abstract patriarchal nightmare of Verdi’s Renaissance Mantua mapped onto ...

That communication Royal Opera Music Director Antonio Pappano displays with a true magician’s sense of pace and sleight of hand, deftly transitioning from hollow comedy to ugly tragedy, alert as ever ...

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