Les Brigands at the Paris Opera is an expensive joke that never lands
Opéra Royal revives Grétry’s Richard Cœur-de-lion, one of the finest examples of the opéra comique genre.
The full title of the opera pretty much describes the plot: Il mondo alla roversa osia Le donne che comandano.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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