What is surreal, symbolic, and generally mysterious in the dramatic arts can get a bad rap.
For those of you still queasy after Mary Zimmerman’s sophomoric snarknado attack on Bellini’s La Sonnambula, the new DVD of the Stuttgart Opera production should provide a bracing restorative.
The operas of Leos Janácek have been slowly gaining ground in the world’s theatres over the past fifty years.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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