I HAVE always thought that lutes and sub-machine guns do not go well together, but that, I suppose, is only to be expected when you ask an avant-garde director like Peter Sellars to complete a 17th century masterpiece that Purcell left unfinished.
Tuesday, 10 March 2015
REVIEW: The Indian Queen
I HAVE always thought that lutes and sub-machine guns do not go well together, but that, I suppose, is only to be expected when you ask an avant-garde director like Peter Sellars to complete a 17th century masterpiece that Purcell left unfinished.
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