Opera House, BuxtonTwo doomed romances are at the heart of this effective show, which deftly weaves together Brittain's feminist memoir and Novello's sentimental songs There is opera by Bellini, Handel and Mozart to come, but this year's Buxton international festival opened with the premiere of a musical. The Land of Might-Have-Been weaves the romantic 1930s melodies of Ivor Novello into the pacifist autobiographical…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25AM on July 9, 2023