Composer: Giacomo Puccini Libretto: Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica Director: Ellen Kent Conductor: Vasyl Vasylenko Three performances at Bradford Alhambra marked the beginning of a massive three-opera tour (finishing in May) by Ellen Kent’s Opera International in association with Senbla. The advance publicity rang alarm bells, with posters stressing non-musical attractions: an Andalusian stallion in Carmen, towering marble pillars in Tosca and an exquisite Japanese garden in Madama Butterfly. In the event any alarm was unjustified. This is a production with solid musical virtues (and one outstanding performance) and the garden set is indeed very attractive, even if the lack…
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