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Again to Islington, for Fanciulla del West, or West End Girl - Puccini/Belasco transplanted to a seedy internet café populated by East European immigrants. I thought it worked really well - verismo, after all, should be set in the world we know, and as someone most of whose friends are immigrants, it got it pretty well. Our illustrious maestro played the villain, which I've not seen him do before; fortunately his upper lip curls naturally. To me the most surprising thing was that this was directed by Robert Chevara, who directed a Dido in which I appeared about 22 years ago, at which time he had a bad case of Brecht. Who'd have thought he'd have grown up like this?
We had a good meal in Angelo's - they were so pleased to see us again they gave us prosecco and dessert on the house. Do go there if you're in Islington.
We had a good meal in Angelo's - they were so pleased to see us again they gave us prosecco and dessert on the house. Do go there if you're in Islington.