Moderate Soprano is a moderate success

Posted on November 10, 2015 by mkmswain

Following Farinelli and the King, here’s another gently aimless drama about opera and – more circuitously – the inestimable value of art. David Hare takes us back to 1934 and the birth of Glyndebourne, with Rae Smith’s design illustrating its distinctive blend of public and private.

Read my full Ham & High review here

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