Passion, Poison and Petrifaction / The Prodigal Son (L'enfant prodigue)

“Game of two halves”

ReviewsSep 15, 2021by Edward BhesaniaSusie Sainsbury Theatre, Royal Academy of Music, London

Themba Mvula, Sandeep Gurrapadi and Donna Bateman. Photo: Dominique Nok

Pegasus Opera’s double bill contrasts a dramatically unsalvageable Debussy opera with a comic murder drama based on a story by George Bernard Shaw

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Edward Bhesania is a writer and editor who reviews for The Stage and The Strad. He has contributed to The Observer, BBC Music Magazine, International Piano, The Tablet and Country Life, and written concert notes for the BBC Proms, London Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

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