From the Director's point of view. With such creative and imaginative directors as Baz Luhrmann, and David McVicar and lighting geniuses such as Paule Constable bringing theatre and film craft to opera, productions to create hyper-reality are changing our opera experiences for ever. Evidence this by the recent productions of Le nozze di Figaro at Covent Garden and Così fan tutte at Glyndebourne. Mikel Rouse, too, addresses Americans' attitudes about religion, and spirituality in the first two parts of his trilogy Failing Kansas and Dennis Cleveland at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Further developments will be eagerly watched by Oper in Style and brought to you through the pages of our website.