Venue: Durham Gala Theatre

English Touring Opera's triple bill of early Baroque miniatures promised an intruiging evening but failed up to expectations. 

Mozart’s penultimate opera, La Clemenza di Tito is a curious work; probably the least known of his major operas, it is heavy on the recitative and lacks any “big tunes”, but it has a fascinating and timeless plot, which offers moments of high drama and eloquently depicts the loneliness of the supreme ruler.