The Oresteia review – this body-shaking, blood-soaked opera is exhilaratingly wild

Sydney Chamber Opera, Carriageworks Six singers put not only their vocal cords but their bodies on the line in a physically demanding performance of Liza Lim’s aurally challenging opera Ambition and desire. Sacrifice and death. Vengeance and violence. Justice and regeneration. Repeat. Greek drama is so hot right now. It’s not only Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey: Robert Icke’s edipus went to Broadway this year after a successful UK season, and Simon Stone’s Simon Stone’s The Oresteia opened in…