Max argues with his mother, but instead of obeying the imposed house
arrest, he embarks on a journey to a distant island … Maurice Sendak let
his imagination spark to craft an opera libretto from this, and Oliver
Knussen’s adventurous score whistles, squeaks, sparkles, glows and
dances lightly to it. A fireworks display of ideas – the perfect sope for
puppetry virtuoso Nikolaus Habjan.