The Damnation of Faust (English National Opera)
Well I'll be damned (figuratively at least). The English National Opera, after a recent spate of disasters with novice opera directors have hit the nail on the head with Terry Gilliam. He of Monty Python fame (and Brazil amongst many others) has delivered a quite remarkable production of Berlioz's "The Damnation of Faust". Filled with thrilling visual invention but also, and this is the novelty at the ENO, thoughtful…