Alone in Paradise
George Benjamin and Martin Crimp's opera Picture a day like this illuminates not just the loss of a child but also music's power to create imagined spaces so alluring they become an escape from reality.
Picture a day like this
an opera with music by George Benjamin and text by Martin Crimp, directed by Daniel Jeanneteau and Marie-Christine Soma at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, September 22–October 10, 2023
March 7, 2024 issue