For New York’s debut production of Richard Strauss’s 1940 opera Die Liebe der Danae, Uruguayan starchitect Rafael Viñoly turned his vanguard eye to set design, teaming up with stage artist Mimi Lien to create a trompe l’oeil Manhattan cityscape that shape-shifts from scene to scene. “The stage is a collage of images, moving as if it is some kind of magic lantern,” says Viñoly, whose architectural achievements include the Tokyo International Forum, an ultra-modern steel edifice with a soaring ship-shaped roof, and the striking Kimmel Center, where a vaulted glass atrium serves as home to the Philadelphia Orchestra. Directed by Kevin Newbury, Strauss’s Greek mythology–inspired romantic comedy will be performed at Bard College, and marks...View more
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