Hugo Shirley

Why is Tippett’s King Priam so difficult to love?

English Touring Opera shows it to its best effect, but I still found myself enjoying their Paul Bunyan more

Clean-voiced and suave: Mark Wilde as the balladeer Jonny Inkslinger in‘Paul Bunyan’ [Getty Images/Shutterstock/iStock/Alamy]
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  • King Priam; Paul Bunyan

    English Touring Opera, Linbury Studio Theatre, now touring

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