Boulez recently turned 80 years old.
Boulez has conducted nearly a hundred operas at Bayreuth, and has recently published a book of photographs, Pierre Boulez _ Bayreuth in which he reminisces about his first year at the festival, conducting the opera directed by Wieland Wagner, the composer's grandson. In 1976, he conducted the controversial centennial version of the Ring cycle, directed by Patrice Ch_reau.
The singers are leading the Metropolitan Opera premiere of John Adams' work.
The production will include Bernstein’s incidental music for Lillian Hellman’s adaptation of The Lark, and Menotti’s The Unicorn, The Gorgon, and The Manticore.
Lileana Blain-Cruz's production of John Adams' opera-oratorio opened April 23.
Composer John Adams and theatre director Lileana Blain-Cruz retells the story of the Nativity, through the lens of Latin America.
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