The concept itself was doomed from take off

Futuristic space travel and the Napoleonic era jostle uncomfortably in conceptual production from Lyon

A worthy musical performance compromised by a dog’s breakfast production

The production was saved from complete disaster by the music and the singing

Fidelio, but not as we know it

The obvious question about Opera de Lyon’s production is what are the effects like?

Gary Hill's intervention robs Beethoven's masterpiece of its essential humanity

There were boos, there were hisse