SALZBURG, Austria — “I personally don’t like the word ‘reliable’,” said Robert Carsen in an interview here recently. “Sounds so boring.” I approached Carsen with a theory: he might be the most reliable director in opera. I meant this as high praise: His work is by no means repetitive, cautious, or boring. However, it has …

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