Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore at the Royal Opera House

Now in its fifth revival, the popularity of Laurent Pelly’s L’elisir d’amore remains unchanged, his nicely observed 1950s rural Italy still pulling in the punters.  It’s not just the arresting…

George Benjamin’s Picture a day like this at the Linbury Theatre

In George Benjamin and Martin Crimp’s Picture a Day like this,a Woman sets out on a quest to find a person who is genuinely happy.  Having experienced the death of…