Barbican, LondonI've always thought there's a dodgy brilliance to Carousel. Musically it is far and away the most sophisticated of the Rodgers and Hammerstein operettas, yet lyrically it comes perilously close to acceptance of the inevitability of domestic violence. The great virtue of Jo Davies's Opera North revival is that it addresses these issues head-on rather than sweeping them under the carpet.The opening caro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36AM on April 12, 2017