Leoncavallo’s Zazà and Janácek’s Kát’a Kabanová by Opera Holland Park: Review

The latest gem is Zazà by Ruggero Leoncavallo, composer of Pagliacci. Why the opera has been so rarely performed is a mystery. True, there is not the climactic double murder of Leoncavallo’s earlier opera but the finale as the heroine faces up to her lover’s betrayal is just as shattering. No soprano is more suited […]