Hot Tickets Evening Standard 3/9/11/01 Nicholas de Jong

This multi-million-pound musical inflates Napoleon's love for his first wife Josephine into one of the greatest romances never before told in song and dance. Timothy Williams's sumptuous orchestral music affords more climaxes than a multiple orgasm. Francesca Zambello's production is shot through with spectacular images of war and peace- from Notre Dame Cathedral to the Tuilleries Palace. Paul Baker's Napoleon and Anastasia Barzee's demure Josephine are adequate, but it's Nigel Richards, thrilling as Napoleon's outlawed brother, who rightly seizes the singing honours.


Evening Standard Nicholas de Jong

....David Burt's suave, sinister Tallyrand remains a constantly intriguing presence and Nigel Richards, in superlative, impassioned voice, as Bonaparte's rebellious brother, introduces real notes of pathos....