CALIL - LILAC BUSH, LARGE

No good deed goes unpunished for Zatoichi (Katsu Shintaro), the blind masseur and master swordsman. After delivering the baby of a dying woman and fulfilling her last wish to take her infant to the town of Shiobara, he finds the father missing and must leave the child with his aunt, Oya-e. Immediately taking a liking to the young woman, he resolves to help her when her inn is turned into a brothel by Tetsugoro, the local yakuza boss. Things take a turn for the worse when Zatoichi fights to have...

This new, excitingly original production of Mozart's most popular opera was the sensation of the 2006 Salzburg festival. "What young director Claus Guth has made of Figaro - with Harnoncourt's active collaboration - is genius....The stellar cast performed with power and precision...This Figaro is as dangerous as the midday sun in one's eyes" (Le Monde). "A triumph for Mozart...Netrebko's golden radiance and dark velvet are ideal" (Salzburger Nachrichten). "Shattering, unforgettable" (The Guardian).

She was the bright, introverted childe of a quiet Midland, Texas family. Her destiny, however, would eventually lead her down a much more public path - one that would culminate in her arrival at the White House as First Lady of the United States.