Opus Arte releases the world-premiere recording of Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s The Minotaur

“Thanks to a superb cast and impeccable playing under Antonio Pappano, the evening is a glittering success. … What Birtwistle has done is give us one opera inside another. The outer one is strident and earthbound; the inner one-ending with the Minotaur’s Caliban-like dying aria-burns with visionary fire.” – The Independent On November 18, Opus Read More …