“The attraction of the virtuoso for the public is very like that of the circus for the crowd. There is always the hope that something dangerous will happen.” Claude Debussy

Picture a castle first built in 1201 in the woods of ancient Bohemia in what is now Austria, near the border to the Czech Republic. Imagine yourself strolling the halls and corridors of this castle and conversing with King Lear, or eavesdropping on Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, Hamlet and Ophelia. See yourself dining with Othello and Iago. The old stone walls bleed lust and intrigue as they resurrect the ghosts of Anthony and Cleopatra…