Greek

Mark-anthony Turnage’s Greek, which shocked audiences at its UK premiere at the 1988 International Festival, has gone on to gain a rightful place as a modern opera classic. It’s in-your-face, certainly – you’d expect nothing less from Steven Berkoff ’s updating of the Oedipus myth to the turmoil of Thatcher’s Britain – but there’s plenty of lyricism in Turnage’s music, too. Young London firebrand Joe Hill-gibbins directs what promises to be a provocative co-production from Scottish Opera and Opera Ventures.