Except for the inexcusable depiction of those stereotypical greedy Jewish priests that ruined his La Scala production of Salome, Luc "I'm So Dry My Stagings Makes The Sahara Look Clammy" Bondy is, with the awesome Graham Vick, one of Opera Chic's favorite living opera directors: and he is in Vienna at the BurgTheater right now for a King Lear with Gert Voss (sorry: mit Gert Voss) that sounds really tasty and premieres tomorrow.
Image gallery here (edit: image no. 7 nsfw), courtesy of the worldly Welt. Interview with Bondy (audio) is here.
