Vincenzo Bellini’s take on Romeo and Juliet. If the revival of a rare full-length opera from the mid-19th Century by a woman ...
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) became one of the greatest composers of ‘bel canto’ operas – he has also given his name to a cocktail and inspired a Sicilian pasta dish. But what are the ...
In Guy Joosten's ingenious production of Bellini's masterpiece ... similarity between a Druid high priestess and a modern opera diva. Conductor Julian Reynolds guides the brilliant cast, choir ...