Last modified on Mon 12 Apr 2021 08.05 EDT
âShow me the way to the next whisky bar â¦â English audiences watching from today might find the words of Alabama Song â the earworm number from Weill and Brechtâs Mahagonny, covered by everyone from Bette Midler to David Bowie â especially timely, but for nearly a century Weill and Brechtâs satires have rarely felt less than topical. In this double bill it is The Seven Deadly Sins that hits its mark most surely, staged by Isabelle Kettle as an up-to-date story of double standards. It is, in many ways, what weâve been waiting for from the Royal Opera this last pandemic year: a production conceived for filming, harnessing the companyâs young artists team and making imaginative use of the theatre.