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Thursday night is school night at Tête à Tête: Sonata for YouTube, Turandot Reimagined

By Charlotte Valori, 02 August 2015
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Reviewed at Regent High School: Regent Theatre, London on 30 July 2015
Programme
Puccini, Turandot
Llywelyn ap Myrddin, Sonata for YouTube
Performers
Jonathan Man Company
Christine Allado, Turandot
Henry Ngan, Calaf
SOAS Silk & Bamboo Ensemble
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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.