Performer: Christopher Alden

Christopher Alden’s Olivier Award-winning production of Handel’s Partenope returns to the Coliseum, but it's the singing that earns the plaudits. 

Christopher Alden, Chris Hopkins and an excellent cast send us a comic roller coaster ride with Verdi’s ultra-rarely performed second opera.

At a time when the “relevance” is bandied around all too frequently in relation to opera, Martinů's really does deserve that tag.