Quinn Kelsey

Director Oliver Mears presents a chilling interpretation of Verdi's tale of vengeance and loss, revealing the psychological horror at its core. Set in a sleek, corporate world governed by power and cruelty, this, ''thrilling new production'' (The Times ★★★★) brims with Shakespearean irony, drawing out the torment of the hunchbacked jester, whose physical deformity symbolizes the moral decay sur...

This new production of Tosca from Maggio Musicale Fiorentino is set in the late 1920s. Puccini's 'Roman Opera' sees a city bathed in majesty but also curdled by eroticism and sadism, where sartorial elegance and pathological violence co-exist. Taking visual clues from Bernardo Bertolucci's cinematic masterpiece, Il conformista, the cast is led by the passionate Vanessa Goikoetxea and features...