Lucerne Festival
Axelrod's opera activity includes the premiere performances of Bernstein's "Candide" (directed by Robert Carsen) at Paris's Théâtre du Châtelet and Milano's Teatro alla Scala and the new production of Krenek's Kehraus um St. Stephan at the Bregenzer Festspiele. In his past seasons at the Luzerner Theater he conducted new productions of "Kaiser von Atlantis" (for the Lucerne Festival), "Rigoletto", Rake's Progress (for the Lucerne Festival), "Il Barbiere di Siviglia", "Die Dreigroschenoper" (for the Lucerne Festival), "Evgeni Onegin", "Idomeneo" (for the Lucerne Festival), "Falstaff" and "Don Giovanni" (for the Lucerne Festival). In 2009, he also conducted "Tristan and Isolde" (directed by Olivier Py), for Angers/Nantes Opera. 2014 Opera performances include "Evgeni Onegin" at Teatro San Carlo di Napoli.