Wagner Passion, Belgian Torment, Pre-Columbians: Brussels Picks

Tiihonen.jpegBy Jim Ruane [Bllomberg.com, 26 October 2006]
Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) — Poor Tristan and Isolde look even grimmer than usual in the Brussels Opera’s relentlessly dark new production of Wagner’s 1865 opera. Fortunately, the orchestra draws out the passion that’s missing on stage.