If great composers always get stuck on nine symphonies, then Philip Glass
isn't all too far from retirement. After having premiered his seventh in
January of this year, a date has already been set for number eight. The
happening will take place on September 16th at the Orange County Performing
Arts Centre and things will be run by Carl St. Clair and the Pacific
Symphony Orchestra, who also comissioned the thirty-minutes work. Lots of
numbers, we know. And there's more: Glass' new opera "Waiting for the
Barbarians", with a story adapted from nobel prize winner J.M. Coetzee will
see the day of light in Erfurt on September 10th. Meanwhile, his score for
Johnny Depps "Secret Window" has not been issued yet - which wasn't his
strongest work anyway if you aks us.
Homepage Philip Glass: http://www.philipglass.com/
Find out about the story behind the new opera: Review "Waiting for the Barbarians" by J.M. Coetzee
Homepage Philip Glass: http://www.philipglass.com/
Find out about the story behind the new opera: Review "Waiting for the Barbarians" by J.M. Coetzee
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