Contemporary resonances abound in this revival of Benjamin Britten’s opera
Oliver Mears’s production emphasises the underlying outrage at the centre of Benjamin Britten’s 1946 opera
At the second of four performances, Pascale Spinney displayed a silken, dark-hued mezzo as Léonor, and acted the role with clarity and poise. Her moving rendition of “O mon Fernand,” the score’s best-known lament, earned deserved cheers from the capacity crowd.