Interviewed about his new opera, Lorin Maazel looked forward to "shock and outrage" from the audience for 1984. Shock and outrage there certainly should be after the premiere, though not because of ...
In George Orwell's novel, one man takes on the system. The story behind the conductor Lorin Maazel's operatic version is similar: one musician takes on the opera world and bends it to his will: unable ...
Since Antonio Pappano took over as music director at Covent Garden, the opera house has seen a high-profile world premiere every year. First it was Nicholas Maw’s Sophie’s Choice, an over-long, ...