22 Jun 2010

A Surreal Russian Opera That's All Bark and a Lot of Bite, Too

http://70.32.73.199/cgi-bin/mt/mt.cgi?__mode=view&_type=entry&blog_id=1

By George Loomis [NY Times, 22 June 2010]

AMSTERDAM — When it comes to giving birth to significant new Russian operas, the Netherlands Opera has a better recent track record than any theater in Russia.