Guy de Mey the English National Opera; Lully's "Atys" under William Christie at the Paris Opera, in Florence and New York; Berg’s "Lulu" with Teresa Stratas in a production by Ruth Berghaus, and "Boris Godunov" with José Van Dam at the Brussels Opera La Monnaie; Händel’s "Judas Maccabaeus" with the San Francisco Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Bach’s "St Matthew Passion" with the Concertgebouw orkest Amsterdam ; Berlioz’ "L’Enfance du Christ" at the Festival of Aix-en-Provence; Scarlatti’s "Mitridate" at the Schwetzinger Festspiele; Debussy’s "Pelléas et Mélisande" at the Nantes Opera ; Berg’s "Lulu" and Janáček’s "The Cunning Little Vixen" and "Katja Kabanova" at the Flemish
The Ballad of Little Joe the ranchhouse, leaving the sheep that are still stacked in groups of ten. At the breakfast table, the brothers are ready to chow down, when Pa comes into the room, telling the brothers that today is Little Joe's birthday. Little Joe is feeding Baby Ben, when he hears this news, before the family's servant (played by Mr. Lunt) hops into the room while carrying a birthday cake. Soon, Pa then has the brothers sing a Westernized birthday song for Little Joe, though they do it rather reluctantly. After the song ends, Little Joe tells them that they shouldn't have, before