20th century fox

Next week at The Morgan Library and Museum, New York City Opera General Manager-Designate Gerard Mortier will discuss his vision of opera. The lecture, entitled “The Excitement of 20th-Century Opera,” will focus on classic works composed by Claude Debussy, Leos JanÃ¡cek, Olivier Messiaen, Karol Szymanowski, Mieczyslaw Weinberg, and others. Tickets for the program, scheduled for Friday, November 7 at 6:30 pm, are $20 and $25. More details may be found here.

UPDATE: A new production of Janacek’s The Cunning Little Vixen has just opened at the OpÃ©ra Bastille; according to the program it’s a co-production with the NYCO. Says reviewer George Loomis in the International Herald Tribune, “Happily, AndrÃ© Engel‘s staging will warm the hearts of even those most wary of the radical production style linked to Mortier.”