Monday, November 5, 2018

The Locked-Up Russian Opera Director, Working From House Arrest 1400 Miles Away

In Zurich, Kirill Serebrennikov directs Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte, but not with ease. “Through a relay process that can seem closer to international espionage than traditional theater-making — involving files swapped on USB sticks, a lawyer acting as a courier, and extraordinary patience — the Zurich Opera has found a way for the director to retain artistic control from captivity, 1,400 miles away.”



Article source here:Arts Journal

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