LONDON, Oct 19: – It took 158 years to get here, but ‘Les Vepres Siciliennes’ (The Sicilian Vespers), one of the grandest of Verdi’s operas, made its Royal Opera debut in London this week in a production that proved an ideal platform for soloists, ballerinas and choruses. ‘Les Vepres’, a sprawling, 4-1/2-hour-long affair that requires a corps de ballet and two choruses on top of the usual soloists and a big pit orchestra, has been called ‘the missing link’ among Verdi operas. (AGENCIES)
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