And the champagne is to blame again!
Marc Minkowski & Romain Gilbert semi-stage Die Fledermaus in Baden-Baden (****½) [live]
Die Fledermaus and Marc Minkowski. It is a combination that evokes memories of Salzburg in 2001, when Hans Neuenfels had deconstructed the work to the point of making it unrecognizable and, because of that sacrilege, provoked massive protests in Austria. As a fan of Gerard Mortier, I hadn't quite understood the public reaction at the time. Amidst the fu…
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