Known as the Royal Opera's comic double bill, Ravel and Puccini return with "L'heure Espagnole/ Gianni Schicchi," after a span of more than ten years. With Elaine Kidd overseeing Richard Jones's productions, the duo's dark-tinged humour looks more or less intact. The casts though are significantly different, in L'Heure Espagnole, Ruxandra Donose takes over from the far from meticulous Concepcion, while in Gianni Schi…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 03:23AM on May 4, 2018