The Hallé in Sheffield

Thomas Adès, the Hallé’s Artist in Residence for two seasons, launches his residency with his Three-Piece Suite, drawn from his brilliant comic opera Powder Her Face. Scattered with witty allusions to waltzes, foxtrots and tangos, its plot centres around Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, whose notorious sex life, exposed during her divorce proceeding in 1963, caused a scandal.