Il Trovatore from the Greek National Opera at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, 21 July 2017
In fifty years of opera-going, I have never been to a performance of Il Trovatore without anvils. Deprived of their tools and metal-ware, the poor gypsies were forced to mime a Swedish Drill during the so-called Anvil Chorus, with punching arms and swinging shoulders. This lapse and…