Culture & Life

The poetic lovers’ descent into madness

"A fine example of the madness and excess that beset many great artists". Sarita Rao reviews Dominique Pauwels' poetic and playful opera about the tempestuous relationship between the two poets Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine.

28.10.2016

By Sarita Rao

The stage is set cleverly, with faces projected onto manikins. The silent “people” seem almost lifelike, and indeed as the music begins their eyes opens, like Victorian china dolls.