Richard Bratby

Cliché, cynicism and a car-crash finale: Royal Opera’s Jephtha reviewed

Still, better a million staged Jephthas than the gilded turd of a vanity project that the ENO presented under the title 7 Deaths of Maria Callas

Simplistic but superbly realised: Brindley Sherratt (Zebul), Allan Clayton (Jephtha) and Cameron Shahbazi (Hamor) in Royal Opera's Jephtha. Image: © Marc Brenner
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  • Jephtha

    Royal Opera House, in rep until 24 November

  • 7 Deaths of Maria Callas

    London Coliseum

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