Artiste: Miguelangelo Cavalcanti

Adding a prequel to Gianni Schicchi mostly proves that a prequel isn't necessary... 

José Cura shines as a designer but brings surprisingly little staging expertise to his latest directorial effort.

The tradition of Grand Opera is well and alive. The genius of Saint-Saëns shone marvellously through this brilliant interpretation, which essentially did justice to the heart of Opera, a dash of madness mixed with high theatricality.