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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