The V&A’s exhibition is not only a celebration, but a cause for celebration.
This lively exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum is part of a current wave of events in various media promoting opera. I’m not sure what has provoked this wave, or why it should be happening just now, but “Opera: Passion, Power and Politics” is splendid on many counts – not only a celebration but a cause for celebration.
The V&A has lately undergone a remarkable regeneration, symbolised by its witty new entrance on Exhibition Road, much of it paid for by the recklessly generous Ukrainian-born …read more
Source: New Statesman
