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Unobtrusively filmed, powerfully performed but still unsatisfying: LSO's Bluebeard reviewed

7 November 2020

9:00 AM

7 November 2020

9:00 AM

Bluebeard’s Castle

LSO St Luke’s, and available to watch on YouTube

Ian Bostridge & Sarah Connolly

Barbican Hall

The timing couldn’t be better. Just as the gates clang shut on another national lockdown, trapping us all indefinitely with our nearest and dearest, the London Symphony Orchestra serves up an opera that’s pure domestic horror — a story about what happens when we lock all the doors, close the curtains tightly, and turn and look our beloved square in the eye.

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