Various - Berlioz: B?atrice et B?n?dict

Through the eye of French director Laurent Pelly this expression of Berlioz�s undying admiration for the Bard � his adaptation of Much Ado about Nothing as an op�ra comique � becomes �an elegant treatise on love and music designed in shades of grey with 50s-era costumes� (Sunday Express ????). Housed by designer Barbara de Limburg in a series of oversized boxes, it�s �terribly chic, terribly pretty� (The Spectator). Soaring over the �warmly graceful playing of the London Philharmonic�, Paul Appleby sings �attractively� as B�n�dict and St�phanie d�Oustrac �makes a marvellously wiry and fiery B�atrice, singing with charm and acting with gusto� (The Telegraph).