Julia Werthimer:
>Of course I am aware that there is a great hole in the second half of the
>century. What are the operas from mid-century to the end that will make
>their mark? Perhaps the John Adams operas; perhaps those of Philip Glass.
Some clues about the later part the century:
1. St. Francois d'Assise by Messiaen. More imagination and inspiration
in one fingertip than these minimal composers of minimal music.
2. Rothschild's Violin by Fleischmann. A brilliant work by a brilliant
student of Dmitri Sjostakovitsj.
3. La vera storia by Luciano Berio.
4. Le grand macabre by Gyorgi Legeti.
5. Life with an idiot by Alfred Schnittke
regards,
jos
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