Since 2020, Coronavirus has threatened to kill opera! Can David save it with his one-man production of La Serva Padrona? Baroque meets funk in this new English version of Pergolesi's 1733 comic masterpiece. 'Possessed of a fine voice with an enormous range... his energy carries his audience along as if surfing a wave' (FringeReview.co.uk). 'It's a hoot, a bawdy entertainment, and a display of consummate musicality that brings tears to the eyes' **** (ScotsGay Arts). 'Hughes succeeds sensationally' (Boston Musical Intelligencer, classical-scene.com). ***** (MusicalTalk). **** (Advertiser, Adelaide). **** (FringeGuru.com). **** (The730Review.co.uk).