

Monteverdi: The Coronation of Poppea (Arnalta)
produced by David Alden for Welsh National Opera
produced by David Alden for Welsh National Opera
Neil Jenkins sings Arnalta very beautifully, and is the stateliest, most tight-lipped drag-queen imaginable, like Ronnie Barker at his best. And he keeps his act up through the curtain-calls: when a lewd wolf-whistle greeted him from the gallery, he responded with a shy moue and modestly lowered eyes.
Rodney Milnes, The Times
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