‘words Without Music’: A Look Inside Philip Glass’s Creative Genius

Sudip Bose, Washington Post: Entertainment
Fri, 04/17/2015 - 8:12am

The 2015-16 season of the Washington National Opera, announced not long ago, will include several enduring and popular works, Georges Bizet’s “Carmen” and Richard Wagner’s “Ring” cycle among them. Usually, one production in any season is perceived as a gamble; it might be challenging, it might call for a controversial staging, or it might simply inhabit the fringes of the repertory.

Topics: washington national opera georges bizet s carmen richard wagner s ring philip glass s appomattox dennis russell davies beethoven gustav mahler dmitri shostakovich glass music season

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