A fruitfully open-ended staging of The Diary of One who Disappeared

Ivo van Hove’s staging of Janácek’s song cycle seethes with passion

It’s a shame that the performance did not do a great deal to compensate for the bloodlessness of the production

Janáček's The Diary of One Who Disappeared embellished for the stage by Ivo van Hove

Ivo van Hove gives Janáček a maverick update

Belgian director Ivo van Hove develops Leoš Janáček's drama

A thoughtful, layered and complex appraisal of the work

Van Hove’s staging is refined where it could be raw; elegant where it could be elemental