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Reviews: Festus
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OPERA Festus Tramway, Glasgow ***
INTO an arid land which has long-forgotten the joy of feasting,
arrive three travelling chefs with no-one to cook for. The "big boss"
of cooks appears at the head of his cart.
Thus begins Festus, the ambitious chamber opera presented by
Grindlay Court Theatre of Edinburgh in association with Project
Ability of Glasgow and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
It is not only the arrival of the top chef, in the shape of the
wonderfully convincing John Cocozza (the quintessential Italian
culinary expert, like Antonio Carluccio, only more so), which creates
a sense ...
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