Two daring directors offer novel views of Shakespeare and Puccini
In Shakespeare's day, the play may have been the thing. Not any more. Today, especially in Europe, no self-respecting stage or opera director would think of missing an opportunity to reevaluate, re-interpret or otherwise revise even the most pedigreed plays and operas. Bizet's Carmen cut to four singers and 82 minutes to recapture the gritty spirit of Mérimée's novella? Peter Brook undertook the radical surgery three years ago in Paris. Berg's Wozzeck set in a 19th century insane asylum? That was Hans Neugebauer and...
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