Hackney Empire, London: It is a reflection of English Touring Opera's enterprising outlook that the last of its three spring tour operas, Donizetti's The Siege of Calais, is receiving its first UK performance. Written in 1836 to a libretto by Salvadore Cammarano (with whom the composer had first collaborated the previous year on Lucia di Lammermoor), the opera concerns Edward III's protracted siege of …
SOURCE: The Stage at 05:55AM on March 11, 2013