Photo Gillian Gargill

During rehearsals for Blaubart in Bregenz: standing in the wrong place to look so serious

With Tony Pappano in rehearsal for Birtwistle's The Minotaur

photo Rob Moore

Another from rehearsals for The Minotaur

photo Rob Moore

...and another, with Philip Langridge and Harrison Birtwistle

The danger of youtube: at a press conference for Otello in Rome

Working on Butterfly in Alison Chitty's studio

photo: www.valeriewagner.de

During rehearsal for Rigoletto at Volksoper Wien with conductor Manlio Benzi

photo: Dimo Dimov