Performer: Katalin Karolyi

Wendy Whelan is proving that there’s plenty of life for older dancers if there are new works that can make use of their special abilities and lifetime of experience.

The Importance of Being Earnest is Gerald Barry’s fourth full-length opera; his previous three have set texts much more at home in the opera world than this ambitious libretto from Wilde’s famous play.

En résidence à la Fondation Vuitton, le compositeur, chef d'orchestre et pianiste britannique a donné à entendre son formidable cycle Növényék, au sein d'un programme qui montrait son attachement aux musiques de l'est.