Figgis's opera gets knifed at a time when applications for arts funding are at a crucial pointNo one wants to field a stinker, particularly when the applications for funding by Arts Council England are in and at a crucial point of consideration. So pity, rather than condemn, English National Opera for its highly anticipated Lucrezia Borgia, directed by film veteran (but opera debutant) Mike Figgis, well known for mov…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:30AM on February 2, 2011