Berlin opera may stage “Idomeneo” if sure of safety
A Berlin opera house condemned for canceling performances of a Mozart work because of concern it might provoke violence by Muslims said on Thursday it might consider staging the production if it had security assurances. “If there was a new security plan, we could consider it,” Alexander Busche, a spokesman for the Deutsche Oper, said when asked about reinstating “Idomeneo,” which includes a scene with the severed heads of the Prophet Mohammad, Buddha and Jesus. Full Story