Following up on Ross about Nagano/Chin:

   By writing an opera based on the Lewis Carroll classic, Chin
   brought to fruition an idea that originated with her teacher,
   the late Gyorgy Ligeti, who conceived of writing an "Alice" opera
   himself. *One might have deemed the book universally known, but
   it apparently escaped Freyer's upbringing in East Germany*. He
   reportedly read it only after agreeing to the project based on
   his esteem for Chin's earlier music.  But in an interview in the
   German magazine Rondo he criticized Carroll's treatment of Alice
   as *obscene* and the work's surrealism as *outdated*.>> - Nothing
   like bringing love to the work you direct.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/10/arts/loomis.php

Janos Gereben/SF
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