The supporting pillars, ornate in red and gold, glimmer dully in the dark. Icons of the Church Fathers line the walls. An elaborate altar, framed by stained-glass windows, is upstaged metaphorically and downstaged literally by a gaudy Christmas tree, every decoration glittering in the light from a small rig.
Inside the UK’s Amateur University Opera Societies
What scrappy, low-budget opera for students gets right that professional opera doesn’t
