It was a delight to witness these artists performing together again, sharing their very different voices (yes, all countertenors do not sound alike) which yet blended perfectly.
Life is a Dream becomes a nightmare of revelation, of errant parenting, prodigious entitlement and the denial that the fault is not in ourselves but in our stars.
Keene’s characters don’t move us to care because of what they ask but because of what they tell.
Haydn is one of those composers who everyone admires but is rarely on people’s desert island list.
Listening to the ensemble pour gold onto the audience, a flood of memories washed over me. This is the soundtrack to my life and birds are ever-present!
A production of charm, energy, empathy and passion, a testament that hope can spring from horror, and the human capacity for humour as a fundamental source for healing.