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The Monstrous Child: Norse hell in the depths of the Royal Opera House

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“events occur fast enough to keep you interested without losing the idea that aeons are passing”
Reviewed at Royal Opera House: Linbury Theatre, London on 21 February 2019
Higgins, The Monstrous Child
The Royal Opera
Jessica Cottis, Conductor
Timothy Sheader, Director
Paul Wills, Set Designer
Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Hel
Rosie Aldridge, Angrboda
Tom Randle, Loki
Lucy Schaufer, Modgud
Graeme Broadbent, Odin
Dan Shelvey, Baldr
Elizabeth Karani, Nanna/Thora
Aurora Orchestra
Richard Jones’ clunky Samson et Dalila returns to Covent Garden
***11
Peter Grimes drops anchor again at The Royal Opera
****1
Two funerals and a bedding at the Linbury Theatre
****1
The Turn of the Screw at RBO Linbury: Darkness and denial
*****
A riveting Rigoletto revival at the Royal Opera House
****1
Siegfried at the RBO: Kosky and Pappano surprise and delight
*****
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