If the curtain goes up at six o’clock and comes down again at just before ten, a director has plenty of scope to explore nooks and crannies - and operas are not short of those. Roll in the fact that ...

But tears flowed once more at the portrayal of Antonia, Hoffmann’s doomed second love. The young woman is bed-bound; she uses crutches and a wheelchair to mobilize. Pained is her countenance, for she ...