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Verdi: Les Vêpres siciliennes (I vespri siciliani)
Speranza Scappucci; Stefan Herheim; The Royal Opera; Philipp Fürhofer; Gesine Völlm; Anders Poll; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
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Diminishing returns in The Royal Opera’s Sicilian Vespers
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Joyce El-Khoury saves the day in The Royal Opera’s second revival of The Sicilian Vespers in Stefan Herheim’s paint-by-numbers production.
Herheim’s lavish Vêpres siciliennes returns
A mural depicting Etna erupting is the only hint of Sicily in Stefan Herheim’s opulent staging, returning to Covent Garden for the first time since the Royal Opera’s Verdi bicentenary celebrations in 2013.