Seumus Begg a powerful Rinuccio, singing his Italianate heart out to Florence
‘Seumas Begg sprang vividly into vocal, verbal and physical action’
Director Gus Van Sant gave permission for the script of his 2005 film ‘Last Days’ to be used as the inspiration for a new production about the Nirvana frontman. The result, staged at Linbury Theatre, is finely wrought and deserving of accolades
When the Royal Opera House announced a new opera inspired by the death of Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain, it felt a little like your dad getting down with the kids about three decades too late. Hip and cool, our national opera company was heading back to the groove ten years after Anna Nicole.