In light of this list's current discussion of weirdly staged operas, the
following might prove amusing:
"Critics and musicians are in an uproar over a new production
of Shostakovich's The Nose at the Berlin Staatsoper in which the
nose is represented as a phallus, an important character is
portrayed as a transvestite and half the chorus members are
dressed as Islamic terrorists led by a high-heeled Osama Bin
Laden, the Chicago Tribune reports."
Full story at http://www.andante.com/article/article.cfm?id=19245
Nick Jones
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