Festen review — the cult film gets a sharp, riotous opera treatment
- Posted on February 12, 2025
- By Financial Times
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Festen review — the cult film gets a sharp, riotous opera treatment
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Mark-Anthony Turnage and Lee Hall’s adaptation at the Royal Opera is even more emotionally lacerating than the 1998 original