In addition to conducting its summer performances at Lucerne, Abbado will lead the orchestra in annual fall residencies, traveling to Rome in October of this year, to Tokyo in October 2006, and to Carnegie Hall in October 2007.
Abbado served as the music director of La Scala for 18 years, of the Vienna State Opera for five years, and of the Berlin Philharmonic for 13 years ending in 2002. He was diagnosed with stomach cancer in 2000, but has since recovered.
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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Lileana Blain-Cruz directs the new production, opening April 23.
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