sentences:  He remounted "Don Carlos" for the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto in October 2007 and directed a new production of Verdi's "Aida" for WNO in 2008.In 2007-8 he wrote the libretto for "Brief Encounter", a new opera by André Previn based on the play "Still Life" by Noël Coward and the "Brief Encounter" screenplay by Coward and David Lean.The opera had its world première performance at Houston Grand Opera in 2009 conducted by Patrick Summers and starring Elizabeth Futral and Nathan Gunn with designs by Bunny Christie.