L.A. Opera Revives Hockney's "Tristan and Isolde"

LOS ANGELES—This Saturday, the Los Angeles Opera will premiere a third incarnation of its Tristan and Isolde production designed by David Hockney, reports the Los Angeles Times. The first was created in 1987 and employed the Los Angeles Philharmonic and director Jonathan Miller, with whom Hockney admits having clashed; the second, mounted in 1997, featured the Los Angeles Opera's own orchestra in the pit and Hockney as co-director with Stephen Pickover. For this revival, directed by Thor Steingraber, Hockney returns to his role of designing sets, which have received an extensive refurbishment.