Abbado founded the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in 2003, assembling it with musicians from Europe's leading orchestras. The ensemble recently performed its third season at the Lucerne Festival, and will perform in Rome in October, Tokyo in fall 2006, and the United States on a tour in fall 2007.
He has also conducted the Berlin Philharmonic and Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in Lucerne, and acted as a consultant for the construction of the KKL, Lucerne's concert hall.
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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