07 Nov 2005

Glossy triumph of empty style

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/11/07/bmbutterfly07.xml&sSheet=/arts/2005/11/07/ixartleft.html

[Daily Telegraph, 7 November 2005]

Rupert Christiansen reviews Madam Butterfly at the Coliseum

Being a great admirer of his films, I had high hopes of the director Anthony Minghella's first foray into opera. And how can anyone seriously fail with a drama as hard-hitting as Puccini's Madam Butterfly, one of the most culturally influential masterpieces of the 20th-century?