Mr. Carsen's spellbinding production made Blanche's fear visual, using light, shadows and a large, menacing crowd that pressed toward the characters from the edges of the mostly empty stage (Michael Levine designed the set).
WSJ: Two 20th-Century Works That Still Shock and Awe | By Heidi Waleson | Salome | Dialogues des Carm��lites | Canadian Opera Company | Metropolitan Opera | Francis Poulenc | Richard Strauss | Atom Egoyan