01 Jun 2006
Europe's June Festivals Explore Afterlife, Wagner's Mythology
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000088&sid=a5fwtPS39hOQ&refer=culture
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000088&sid=a5fwtPS39hOQ&refer=culture
By Shirley Apthorp [Bloomberg.com, 1 June 2006]
June 1 (Bloomberg) -- June is the start of Europe's summer festival season and a good time for the operagoer. City houses are competing to pull one last trick out of their bag of season premieres and a growing number of festivals are vying to steal the thunder of their bigger rivals later in the summer.