Work: I lombardi alla prima crociata

The director presents the story clearly enough, but apart from that, there is not much going for this production.

Naples greets Mariella Devia with more than warm applause, despite some downsides in the orchestral accompaniment. 

UCOpera, the opera company of University College London, has a history of putting on lesser known Verdi works: amongst many others, they have staged the British premières of Alzira, Oberto and the original 1847 version of Macbeth.