Michael Tanner

Royal Opera’s Rigoletto: your disbelief may wobble but your excitement won’t

Plus: Bored to near-hysteria by ENO's Xerxes, Michael Tanner finds it hard to imagine what it must be like to be a Handelian

Alice Coote and Sarah Tynan in ‘Xerxes’ at ENO. [Getty Images / Alamy] 
issue 04 October 2014
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  • Rigoletto

    Royal Opera, in rep until 6 October

  • Xerxes

    English National Opera

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