Sunny singing

摘要

The opera festival of Aix-en-Provence is 50 years old. To help it fight an ageing larynx, Stephane Lissner—who came from the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris—this summer invited Pina Bausch and Peter Brook to direct and Claudio Abbado and Pierre Bou-lez to conduct. He also brought in talented young singers and musicians, and crossed his fingers. The magic worked. Productions burst into life, and when the packed audiences cheered or (occasionally) booed, they first stood up.