La Traviata , Soho Theatre, London
Soho Theatre, London: OperaUpClose's slimmed-down staging of Verdi's opera manages to make do with just five singers (no separate chorus) and a three-piece band - on the first night consisting of pianist/music director Alex Beetschen, clarinettist Sarah Douglas and cellist William Rudge - though as with the vocal principals there are alternative performers on other evenings. Yet such is the sincerity of Rob…