Alex Day

Rossini might have dressed his opera in biblical garb, but it is still a story of the conflict of love and patriotic duty that had become the basis of Italian opera. That the plight of the Jews in Egypt is a mirror image of all that is happening today in the Middle East has sparked director, Graham Vick, to think afresh about the opera, the enclosed booklet delving into his thought process, as the present day political and religious leaders use ordinary people as pawns to satisfy their own personal agenda for power. In its original form the Egyptian Pharoh’s son, Osiride, falls in love with the Israelite girl, Elcia and that is about to come to an end when the Pharoh is minded to give the Israelites their freedom to leave Egypt. Now he has to reverse that decision to keep his loved one in Egypt by all means possible…

David’s Review Corner

Quelques heures seulement après avoir assisté à l’exécution d’un tueur qu’il a fait mettre derrière les barreaux, Alex Cross se rend sur une scène de crime où l’attend, épinglée au cadavre, une note signée M : Vous vous êtes planté royalement, Cross. …