Igor Toronyi-Lalic

A brilliantly cruel Cosi and punkish Petrushka but the Brits disappoint: Festival d’Aix-en-Provence reviewed

Predictability and preciousness from Benjamin and Crimp, didacticism from Venables and why the hype over Klaus Makela?

The cast of Dmitri Tcherniakov's brilliantly cruel Cosi fan tutte for Festival d'Aix-en-Provence. [Image: © Monika Rittershaus]

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