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Life lessons at Tête à Tête:The Fisherman and his Wife, Storm's Eye

By Charlotte Valori, 11 August 2015
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Reviewed at Kings Place: St Pancras Room, London on 9 August 2015
Programme
Fernandez, The Fisherman and his Wife
Henry, Storm's Eye
Performers
Tête à Tête
Maya Sapone, Fisherman, Wife
Alex Winfield, Fish
Sharon Eckman, Soprano
Michael Henry, Baritone
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Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.