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Lise Davidsen is exceptional in Verdi’s masterly study of war and leadership; and Belfast is the focus of a bold four-woman collaboration on film
A five-act grand opera, Don Carlo is composed by Giuseppe Verdi. Verdi made several changes to the music and further versions followed since the 1866 original.
Revival of Puccini classic seeks to be ‘both true to the spirit of the original and authentic in its representation’
Last modified on Sun 20 Dec 2020 06.47 EST Curious though it may seem, the Royal Opera staged a pyjama party for its Christmas concert, the stream of which went ahead as scheduled, though tier 3 restrictions meant there was no live audience as originally planned. Director Dan Dooner was, one assumes, responsible for the overarching concept behind a programme of operatic acts and scenes, all reimagined as a series of get-togethers round a Christmas tree (borrowed from the Royal Balletâs Nutcracker), for which the singers were dressed in an assortment of pyjamas, dressing gowns and slipper...