11 hours ago
A magnificent appearance by Neptune, but you fail to tell us in which opera. Mozart’s Idomeneo, perhaps? Or perhaps Rameau’s tale of lust and divine vengeance, in which Neptune, pursuing the nymph Nais, ends up destroying his rivals for her hand with tsunami waves? Though perhaps a Paris performance would feature a Bebe Peugeot or a Bedelia. Unless it was a splendid tableau mounted in Rothesay Pavilion, to accompany a performance of Hamish McCunn’s “Land of the Mountains and the Flood” Does our distinguished Scottish Arts Correspondent have anything to say?