Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Royal Opera, ROH, Covent Garden, March 2017
Posted on 12 March 2017As the Royal Opera and Kasper Holten part company, this is his last throw of the dice. Like many continental European directors he delivers us a ‘concept’, and in the first two acts I was puzzled to know why it necessitated the abandoning of the church, Sach’s house, Pogner’s house, and the street. Act I …