Michael Tanner

From first to last

Plus: I didn’t see Jonathan Kent’s Manon Lescaut first time round, and won’t mind not seeing it again

issue 03 December 2016

  • Les Contes d’Hoffmann

    Royal Opera House, in rep until 3 December

  • Manon Lescaut

    Royal Opera House, in rep until 12 December

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