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The poetry of risk: whether he's performing in the rarefied air of Salzburg or the daring world of modern dance, Simon Keenlyside make a bold artistic statement.(opera singer)(Interview)
"Oh, God,"
Simon Keenlyside mutters from the driver's seat of his rented car, as he makes a turn against a light near Salzburg's Grosses Festspielhaus, "they'll be after me now. You've probably noticed there are lots of rules here. If you walk on the bike path, they yell at you to get on the walking path, and if you bike on the walking path, it's even worse."
Keenlyside has a long history with Salzburg, and yet, in mid-August, at the height of festival season, it seems an unlikely habitat for this somewhat iconoclastic singer. The streets are overrun with operagoers, decked out in elegantly tailored tuxedos and evening gowns that would make opening ...
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