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 [log in to unmask]