Les Brigands at the Paris Opera is an expensive joke that never lands
A double bill of rare Bizet works in Paris is not something any of us needs to do more than once
The best joke in Offenbach’s delicious Orphée aux Enfers is the opening premise: Orphée and Eurydice are miserably married, due to her utter boredom with his old-fashioned music.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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