RIP David Hockney. From the archives: David Hockney & his Passion for Puccini

“We tried to make a strong visual theater for the eye as well as the ear, making what you see more intense,” Hockney says. David Hockney died yesterday at the age of 88. Here’s an article I wrote when he came to visit Northwestern to discuss his work on Turandot. Ever grateful to Jim Arndorfer for the assignment, which came out of the blue! “Hockney repeatedly describes himself as a practical man.…