Buxton Festival's Idomeneo demonstrated again how amazing a work it is, and how extraordinary that it should have been neglected for nearly two centuries.
Nevertheless the production did little to supplant in memory Graham Vick's walkabout production of 2008 in a disused rubber factory in Birmingham. Both had Paul Nilon in the title role, but here in Buxton bonkers Elettra was brilliantly sung by Napier's own Madeleine Pierard.
Nevertheless the production did little to supplant in memory Graham Vick's walkabout production of 2008 in a disused rubber factory in Birmingham. Both had Paul Nilon in the title role, but here in Buxton bonkers Elettra was brilliantly sung by Napier's own Madeleine Pierard.