Review: Janáček: Kát’a Kabanová (London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Simon Rattle)
Bristling with passion and pathos, Rattle delivers the finest of Kát’as.
Clive Paget is a former Limelight Editor, now Editor-at-Large, and a tour leader for Limelight Arts Travel. Based in London after three years in New York, he writes for The Guardian, BBC Music Magazine, Gramophone, Musical America and Opera News. Before moving to Australia, he directed and developed new musical theatre for London’s National Theatre.
Bristling with passion and pathos, Rattle delivers the finest of Kát’as.
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