Opera
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Hungarian Conductor Iván Fischer's First Opera, 'The Red Heifer,' Tackles the Tiszaeszlár Affair
"I have been thinking incessantly about composing this opera for 25 years now. The Tiszaeszlár Affair becoming a present day hot political issue finally helped me." -- Iván Fischer French Director Patrice Chéreau, Revered for Wagner's 'Ring,' Dead at 68
French opera, theater and film director Patrice Chéreau has died of lung cancer, aged 68. One of the most revered, one might even say iconic directors of his era, Chéreau may have finally been defeated by Napoleon--as in his doomed, but repeated efforts to make a movie about the dictator starring Al Pacino--but that experience clearly never put him off working with outsize characters, as opera remained a passion.
