BBCSO/Young review – Eötvös's raw new opera has urgency and panache

Barbican, LondonAlbane Carrère and Russell Braun were the protagonists in Senza Sangue, Peter Eötvös’s dramatic one-acter conceived as a prelude to Bartók’s Bluebeard’s CastlePeter Eötvös has become one of the most prolific contemporary opera composers. Senza Sangue, introduced to the UK in a concert performance by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Simone Young, is the Hungarian composer’s 12th opera, and the second to receive its U