Review: The Last Hotel - Opera singing and edgy classical music clash in mischievous yet beautiful show
The Last Hotel, O'Reilly Theatre, Dublin
Katherine Manley, Claudia Boyle and Robin Adams in Landmark Productions and Wide Open Opera’s ‘The Last Hotel’, which is a funny and moving clash of styles that hits a profound note
Sophie Gorman
An opera about assisted suicide sounds like anything but fun, but when have the festive joys of the carvery buffet been celebrated in opera? Both meet quite magnificently when the devilishly dark and brilliant mind of Enda Walsh gets together with musical maestro Donnacha Dennehy.
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