There are times when the Mediterranean is just too hot for comfort and this year is one of those times. This is when the coolness of the lakes and mountains beckon and I wish I was visiting the Salzkammergut in Austria. This region is cool in every sense of the word: refreshing lakes, excellent nature trails, fine food and wine, and Salzburg’s world-class cultural delights.
Jephtha at the ROH: compromise is not in Oliver Mears’s dictionary
In the closing moments, Mears delivered a coup de théâ which left his audience visibly shaken.
