Minimalist staging gives LA Opera’s double bill maximum impact
by Natalie Mann Society has long been hooked by the adage, “out with the old and in with the new.” LA Opera’s newest double bill of Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and Béla Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle shows the error of that thought. Australian director Barrie Kosky’s vision teases out the parallels in these two dramas, separated … Read more
