Richard Bratby

Hits you where it hurts: Welsh National Opera’s Madam Butterfly reviewed

Plus: what a teeming, superabundant piece Tippett's Midsummer Marriage is

Lindy Hume does that opera director thing of teleporting the action into an imaginary world that resembles nothing on Earth: Madam Butterfly at the Welsh National Opera. Photo: Richard Hubert Smith
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  • Madam Butterfly

    Wales Millennium Centre, and touring in rep until 14 May 2022

  • The Midsummer Marriage

    Royal Festival Hall

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