Janos Gereben writes: >In the 1990s, Glass, wrote new soundtrack for three of Cocteau's films: >"Orpheus," "Les Enfants Terribles," and "La Belle." Now, "soundtrack" >is technically correct, but there is more to it than that: the music is >always performed live, with singers, as the films are screened, so that >these works are really known as operas. In fact, only "La Belle et la bete" should be performed as a live "soundtrack". The other two are stage adaptations and do not precisely follow their films' sequences: "Les enfants terribles", for example, has a significant dance element, whilst "Orfee" has changes of locale and cuts. Otherwise I'm delighted that Janos relished the potency of Glass' fine stage work. Such pieces as the early Trilogy (especially "Akhnaten",) "La Belle..." and "The Voyage" really have defined a genuine operatic style uniquely of our time, and it's about time Glass' achievement had some of the credit it deserves from mainstream dinosaurs consent to simper over more conventional successes d'estime. Here in London, the stage production this summer of "Orfee" similarly caused quite a few dyed-in-the-wool ground-Glassians to eat their words! Christopher Webber, Blackheath, London, UK http://www.zarzuela.net "ZARZUELA!" The Spanish Music Site