Richard Bratby

Exuberance and class: Ariadne auf Naxos at Edinburgh Festival reviewed

Plus: the Gringolts Quartet lay bare the full, sublime vastness of Dvorak’s imagination in a tent

Best of all was Brenda Rae as Zerbinetta: handling her soprano like a sparkler, and etching superheated, multicoloured spirals of sound on the evening air. Photo: Matt Beech 
issue 04 September 2021
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