Midsummer Nights: Tales from the Opera:: with Kate Atkinson, Sebastian Barry, Ali Smith & more
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With Kate Atkinson, Sebastian Barry, Anne Enright, Alexander McCall Smith, Andrew O'Hagan, Kate Mosse, Andrew Motion, Colm Toibin, Joanna Trollope, Ali Smith, Jeanette Winterson & more
In this stunning collection, the best and brightest writers working today reimagine familiar stories from the greatest operas. Don Giovanni's ghost haunts a young boy, Fidelio meets Porgy and Bess and two hapless men stage a Mozartian love test. Long-lost loves enter the dating game and undying witches finally get grey hairs. Funny, macabre or irreverent, these stories are charming for any opera lover and a beguiling collection in their own right.
Read MorePraise for Midsummer Nights: Tales from the Opera:
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Winterson's stellar cast delivers plenty of incident as well as atmosphere to power this upbeat collection - Financial Times
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Soars to some hugely enjoyable climaxes - Irish Times
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Wonderfully innovative, creative and fun - The Times
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Offers a glimpse of how the inspirational and the creative juices interact - Spectator
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