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Yes, it's opera, but not as we know it

Rocket ships, time travel... it�s hard to imagine that La Didone is rooted in a classical past. Neil Cooper explains .

Onstage in a theatre in Rotterdam, a gorgeous Oriental diva with a Louise Brooks bob is dressed in a classic silver space suit of Cold War, pre-space-race vintage. As, too, are her crew.