Review: ELEKTRA, Royal Opera House
The Royal Opera House’s new production of Elektra could do with an extra pinch of Saltburn-esque depravity.
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The Royal Opera House’s new production of Elektra could do with an extra pinch of Saltburn-esque depravity.
Given his political radicalism and fervent romanticism, it is more than fair to wonder if Richard Wagner would be partial to Just Stop Oil. Sporting his iconic beret, would he, if he were around today, brandish banners and block cars on the M1? Barrie Kosky may think so. He thrusts Wagner’s ecological consciousness front and centre of his new production of Das Rheingold.
Adele Thomas' new production is a rollicking clash of carnivalesque weirdness and heartfelt desire.
Deborah Warner's new production dives head first into the Lars Von Trier pool of paranoia