Their lavish and well designed production is marred by the text which is both superficial and sensationalist, though it may appeal to armchair mountaineers.

ECONOMIST: Madness and its men

"He's quite unusual in his world, " says Robert Carsen, the director for whom Kinmonth has designed at least a dozen operas (most notably a widely acclaimed and well-traveled production of Wagner's Ring Cycle).

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