Two thumbs up to Milanese conductor Gianandrea Noseda (who is currently enjoying a small, deserved triumph with the Robert Carsen-directed Rusalka in Turin). Cherubic-faced Noseda has been nominated Musical Director of Teatro Regio in Turin, and in his first interview with hometown newspaper La Stampa explains that he'll conduct with "quiet folly". Coming soon in Turin under Noseda's directorship: Falstaff, Carsen's staging of Salome, and an intriguing staging of A Midsummer Night's Dream with Mendelssohn's music.
Opera Chic's suggestions to add a bit of folly to the quietness: a Japan-themed, cosplay-heavy Falstaff with manga sets; ditch Carsen's staging and cast pr0n empress Jenna Jameson as Salome and have her lyp-synch, Brecht-style, an old scratchy Birgit Nilsson LP (btw, has anyone seen Jena lately [link maybe NSFW]...she's gotten all anorexic and has the omg-im-loosing-my-hair-Posh-cut); and for A Midsummer Night's Dream Opera Chic has only one word: smurfs ewoks.