Alexandra Coghlan

Light and shade | 30 June 2016

Plus: Longborough Festival Opera glances into the darker corners of Le nozze di Figaro but never plucks up the courage to step into it

issue 02 July 2016

  • Idomeneo

    Garsington Opera, in rep until 10 July

  • Le nozze di Figaro

    Longborough Festival Opera, in rep until 7 July

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