Luisa Miller, Coliseum

Luisa Miller, Coliseum

by | Feb 16, 2020 | Music

ENO no-no It is easy to see why Verdi was attracted to Schiller’s tragedy about the class system, Kabale und Liebe. A genius from the lower orders, Verdi believed in freedom and was classless. English-speaking critics patronise the Schiller play because of the poison...
Street Scene, Opera North, Leeds

Street Scene, Opera North, Leeds

by | Jan 21, 2020 | Music

Love thy neighbour Kurt Weill’s 1947 “Broadway opera” contains much fine writing, musically and dramatically. It is not shaped like a verismo opera: its excellent songs do not play the same intently focused role as in Puccini. Yet it shows off Weill’s huge theatrical...