The Royal Opera: Live in Concert
Royal Opera House, 5th September 2020
It’s déja vu all over again! The last work staged at the Royal Opera House before lockdown was La traviata, so it was somehow fitting that this Live in Concert fundraiser played in front of Bob Crowley’s set for Act 2’s gambling scene, with its crimson gallery and gilded ceiling, skewed at a warped angle. It still draws audience applause, not that there was any audience permitted inside the auditorium. (Seriously, couldn’t the vast Amphitheatre have been opened to a few patrons?) There was no gaming table, but the programme itself was a safe bet.
Aigul Akhmetshina
© Royal Opera House
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