The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, English National Opera, ENO, London Coliseum, February 2015
Posted on 8 February 2015Although one of the greatest operas ever written, it is not unknown for directors and conductors to make a mess of it, even at Wagner’s own temple in Bayreuth, but not at the ENO, thank God! This resounding success throws down the gauntlet to those Beckmessers in the Arts Council who not only mark down …