OPINION: Honoring the text in opera productions | Sharps & Flatirons
Who wins—the director or the librettist? By Peter Alexander June 18 at 11:18 a.m. I was in New York recently. While there, I took the opportunity to meet a friend at the Metropolitan Opera, where we saw the new production of Salome by Richard Strauss. The production, starring Elza van den Heever in the title…