The Death of Klinghoffer, English National Opera, ENO, London Coliseum, February 2012
Posted on 29 February 2012This opera has sparked controversy at its first staging in London. Why? The essential story is that in 1985 an Italian cruise ship at dock in Alexandria was hijacked by four Palestinian terrorists, who seem to have had a confused idea about freeing prisoners in Israeli jails. Many of the people on the cruise were away …