Pierre Boulez to write an opera of Waiting for Godot – maybe | Tom Service

Rumours that the conductor will make his operatic debut in 2015 may not be far-fetched, given how long he's been dreaming of itOK, so far it's just a rumour, but it could prove to be one of the biggest opera stories of the 21st century. And that's no hint of hyperbole: Pierre Boulez is writing an opera based on Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, to be premiered at La Scala in 2015. Or, rather, he might be. Charles T Downey at Ionarts picks up on the hint dropped by Renaud Machart in a bizarrely...

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