This high-concept Salome takes place in Nazi Germany.The set has two levels: on top, Herod revels with the banqueters; below, we see a dingy basement, full of kitchen workers, relaxed soldiers, and the prostitutes who help them relax.
Year: 2010
At Bard Festival, placing Berg at center of modern musical Vienna
http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2010/08/29/alban_berg_the_focus_of_the_21st_annual_bard_music_festival/
Opera San Jose plans ‘gigantic’ production for West Coast premiere of ‘Anna Karenina’
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15894366?nclick_check=1
La fanciulla del West/L’Heure espagnole, Usher Hall, Edinburgh
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/749b8c4e-b169-11df-b899-00144feabdc0.html
Us and them is the cultural problem, not Pomp and Circumstance
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/aug/27/social-divisions-elitism-elgar-culture
How we learned to start worrying and love Mahler
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/features/how-we-learned-to-start-worrying-and-love-mahler-2062962.html
Classique, opÈra, danse : les temps forts de l’automne
http://www.lefigaro.fr/musique/2010/08/25/03006-20100825ARTFIG00542-classique-opera-danse-les-temps-forts-de-l-automne.php