The Lighthouse, Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House, London by Graham Rogers

Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House, London: Boxing Day, 1900. A supply ship from Stromness arrives at a remote Outer Hebrides lighthouse to find it deserted - all three keepers vanished, but no sign of accident or disturbance. This true, unexplained occurrence is the basis for Peter Maxwell Davies's chilling 1979 opera The Lighthouse, its music often angular and gritty but always accessible. Read the full review

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