Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Olga Pudova as Olympia, in the Royal Opera’s The Tales of Hoffmann - Alastair Muir If you like purple tights, green glitter, ...

Buckle up - you’re in for a long ride! 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 ...