Royal Opera House, Linbury Studio Theatre, London: Wagner delved so deeply into human consciousness that he was "bound to come up with as much shit as gold". So says Simon Callow towards the end of this tour-de-force, an engrossing monologue punctuated with recorded examples of the glorious oeuvre, which is part of the festival celebrating the bicentenary of both Wagner and Verdi. Read the full review
SOURCE: The Stage at 06:28AM on September 9, 2013