L.A. Opera goes cutting edge in double bill of Purcell, Bartók
Four cautious years after staging Achim Freyer's cutting-edge but coffer-draining "Ring" cycle, Los Angeles Opera has once more sharpened its edge, and dangerously so. On Saturday night, it mounted a peculiar double bill of Purcell's delicate "Dido and Aeneas" and Bartók's indelicate...