The former TV-producer in me tells me the following conversation took place between producer and director (in German as this is a GDR (East-Germany) product).
Year: 2005
Divas and dabblers ó The lesson of the crisis in English opera is that we have to overhaul how the arts are governed
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1666756,00.html
Stravinsky in San Francisco ó Two Reviews
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: The San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas present two semi-staged theatrical performances: a double-bill featuring Stravinsky’s rarely heard operas The Nightingale and Oedipus Rex.
An Intrepid Tenor Faces Un-Schubertian Obstacles
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/13/arts/music/13chri.html
GAY: The Beggarís Opera
Benjamin Brittenís identity as a decidedly ìnationalî composer is formed in part by his well-known engagement of pre-existent English music, old English texts, and subjects rich in the English legacy, as a glance at works like the Purcellian The Young Personís Guide to the Orchestra, the Chester mystery play, Noyes Fludde, or the Elizabethan opera, Gloriana, all confirm.
Frederica Von Stade, With Verve and Vitality
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/11/AR2005121101249.html