04 Jun 2008

Il Trovatore not dampened by weather

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/show-23393006-details/Il+Trovatore/showReview.do?reviewId=23490097

Entrance to the terrace -- Opera HollandBy Fiona Maddocks [Evening Standard, 4 June 2008]

To the accompaniment of storm, tempest and icy blast, Opera Holland Park’s 2008 season opened in roaring style.

Verdi’s Il Trovatore, the one about the gipsy who carelessly throws a baby on the fire and causes a good deal of operatic trouble, is a long evening with your feet wet. It’s a tribute to all involved that it felt shorter than this most convoluted of tales sometimes can, even in lavish circumstances.