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Passionate Urgency
Janácek's 'The Makropoulos Case',
reviewed by MIKE WHEELER
Time runs swiftly in Tom Cairns' new production of Janácek's The Makropoulos Case, sung in Norman Tucker's English translation (Opera North, Theatre Royal, Nottingham, UK, 22 November 2012). In fact, the clocks on Hildegard Bechtler's set tell us, it runs at different speeds simultaneously. And time is of the essence for opera singer Emilia Marty...
Copyright © 8 December 2012
Mike Wheeler,
Derby UK
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