Review: Breaking the Waves (Opera Ventures & Scottish Opera at Adelaide Festival)
Missy Mazzoli's opera, based on Lars von Trier's film, builds to a devastating finale.
Diana Simmonds is an author, editor and theatre critic. She is also a regular book reviewer for Limelight. Her arts website Stage Noise is Sydney’s longest established. She has written for Fairfax, News Ltd and Kerry Packer, and at 15 was The Mombasa Times’ yachting correspondent.
Missy Mazzoli's opera, based on Lars von Trier's film, builds to a devastating finale.
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