“The theme running throughout the three-week festival is … drawing attention to those cultures that naturally look to the Pacific rather than the Atlantic, whether that be a dance company from Auckland or orchestras specialising in the music of 15th-century [sic] Bolivia and Mexico.” There will be top modern theatre companies from North and South America, Australian composer Brett Dean’s new opera, an 18th-century German take on Moctezuma, and Porgy and Bess in French.