The time is right for audiences to see a comic opera, to leave the problems of the world outside of the theater door: “It is certainly a reaction to the times, where you know audiences are looking to forget about the news and to have a fun time,” says composer Michael Ching.
Dante Alighieri’s vivid depictions of hell in The Divine Comedy have inspired numerous composers through the centuries; on the 700th anniversary of the writer’s death, Claire Jackson takes us on a tour