Alexandra Coghlan

Salieri’s revenge

Plus: too much injudicious filleting undermines Garsington Opera’s enterprising staging of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Mendelssohn’s complete incidental music

issue 25 July 2015

  • La grotta di Trofonio

    Bampton Classical Opera, until 15 September

  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream

    Garsington Opera & Royal Shakespeare Company, until 26 July

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