Aix Follies: Herr Wagner Would Not Have Liked This Wotan; Orfeo As Opera Kung Fu Fighting

Sneak previews from the upcoming Aix En Provence Festival.

Sir Willard White is a beautiful Wotan that makes Opera Chic very happy: his Brunnhilde is Eva Johannsson. Production of Die Walkuere directed by Stephane Braunschweig featuring the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle conductor.

And here's the Roland Aeschlimann/Trisha Brown staging of L'Orfeo by Monteverdi, conducted by René Jacobs.