Bonfire of the vanities

Platée Mathias Vidal, Zachary Wilder (tenor), Marie Lys (soprano) et al; La Chapelle Harmonique/ Valentin Tournet Versailles CVS153 137:47 mins (2CD) Imagine a Monty Python sendup of tragédie lyrique

A Chekhovian opera from Colin Matthews and William Boyd

Tense, carnal, lyrical: a new opera by Rebecca Saunders

Musical: Hercules Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London ...

● NEARLY 50 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH, Terence ...

shouting forever into the receiver Anne Denholm (harp), Louise McMonagle (cello), Jonathan Morton (violin) et al NMC NMC D285 61:56 mins Tackling social themes and reckoning with history is part of wh