Do Glimmerglass and City Opera have any plans for cycles based on composers or styles?
PK: Not really, though we will continue to stage Gluck and Handel. We all have favourite composers we want to do more of – Britten, for instance. Glimmerglass will do Peter Grimes in 1999. Richard Strauss is wonderful but hard to do at Glimmerglass because he often requires a large orchestra. We did Intermezzo, we could do Daphne, but the Schweigsame Frau orchestra is too large. Capriccio would be wonderful for Glimmerglass but the Met has a big new Capriccio, which means the City Opera can’t do it, which means Glimmerglass can’t do it. LSM: What about Wagner? The Flying Dutchman could be wonderful at Glimmerglass. PK: Dutchman could be done. The orchestra would have to be modified but it is not impossible. Early Wagner would be a curiosity though some of it is of dubious musical and theatrical interest. LSM: Does Glimmerglass’s relationship with the City Opera preclude other companies from renting Glimmerglass productions? PK: Not entirely but it would have to be worked out. If anyone
