Dirty Duchess is royally mesmerising
Thomas Adès’s razor-sharp contemporary opera Powder Her Face may have caused outrage when premiered in London in 1995, but the fellatio scene that caused a furore at that time barely raised an eyebrow in this scorching production
REVIEW: Powder Her Face
Irish National Opera
O’Reilly Theatre, Dublin
If the Duchess of Argyll were around today, she would probably be a TV chat show regular and a prime candidate for I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! She had sex-factor, even in the swinging sixties.
Thomas Adès’s razor-sharp contemporary opera Powder Her Face may have caused outrage when premiered in London in 1995, but the same ‘cheeky’ fellatio scene that ...
