07 Dec 2009

Iphigénie, La Monnaie, Brussels

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d034585e-e358-11de-8d36-00144feab49a.html

[Financial Times, 7 December 2009]

By the simple expedient of stringing two Gluck operas together, Brussels’ La Monnaie has come up with an evening of Wagnerian proportions. For five hours, Iphigénie and Diana warily circle around one another. Surprisingly little blood is shed.