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tenor Alfie Boe bridles at sniffy reviews for his acting in Carousel at the ENO.

‘ The director [ Lonny Price] choreographed our moves, so we weren’t able to develop the freedom of our characters. “On this line move here, then this line, gesture here.”

‘Once he left, we felt we had licence to play around with it — so come and see it now, I’ve nailed it.’ But hurry — Carousel’s final Coliseum performance is tonight.