Gianni Schicchi is a Felliniesque black comedy of greed, double-crossing and blackmail; L’Heure Espagnole is a steamy tale of sexual shenanigans, set to one of Ravel’s sultriest scores.

Composed just a few years apart, Ravel’s comedy musical and Puccini’s opera form an ideal comic double-bill. First seen in 2007, Richard Jones’s witty staging features eye-popping designs.

In L’Heure Espagnole Christine Rice plays clockmaker’s wife Concepcion, who receives various lovers at the hour when her husband is out winding up the town’s clocks. Thomas Allen takes on the role of Gianni Schicchi.

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