Christopher Alden: For the past three decades, Christopher Alden has been busy producing opera around the globe, consistently committed to keeping the art form challenging and vital. In October 2009, Mr.

Christopher Alden long and varied career has included many more directorial engagements in North America: Hansel and Gretel and Stewart Copeland's Holy Blood and Crescent Moon for Fort Worth Opera; Anthony

Christopher Alden press reviews "Mr. Alden's production shows that a bold concept, if followed through with consistency and imagination, can ship away encrusted staging habits and revitalize a masterpiece".