I Gioielli Della Madonna, Holland Park, London
Holland Park, London: Wolf-Ferrari's I Gioielli Della Madonna ('The Jewels of the Madonna') is the latest neglected Italian opera to be revived by Opera Holland Park. Mixing verismo-style realism (reflected partly in Rafaele's connection to the camorristi, the Neapolitan equivalent of the mafia) with Gennaro's sacrilegious act of stealing the jewels from a statue of the Madonna in a bid to wi…