If you fancy going to see Philip Glass's opera about Mahatma Ghandi, Satyagraha, free of charge at the London Coliseum on 5 April, Sky-Arts-sponsored bloggers ArtsWOM have some comps to give their readers. Have a look at their post & email them direct for more details & tix.
More info about the opera & the ENO production here. It's the opera's London stage premiere and the composer's supposed to be there in person. ArtsWOM tells me that their only condition is that anyone taking up the tickets should please talk about the show on their own blogs/outlets/forums.
So, will Glass generally induce a glacial glare, or gleaming gladness? Either way, it should be an event...and I may have to give it a go, too, having (blush) never heard any Glass live in concert, at least not since a CD launch in a converted cavern somewhere in Docklands, back in the days when CDs still had launches like that. Maybe it's time to face the music and reflect...
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
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A few years ago I saw 'Beauty and the Beast', a Philip Glass opera, in Prague, produced by erm, the Forman brothers (sp? Milos and another). It was brilliant, especially the moment when the Beast escaped, the lights were thrown on and the whole theatre was covered in security guards (including one in a wheelchair). I like the violin concerto, too. Now, as for Steve Reich, that's another question altogether...
I HATE Glass ever since buying the 3 CDs set of "Music in Twelve Parts" 15 years ago on the recommendation of a Grampohone critic.I listened to it several times and it nearly drove everyone in the house, including myself, round the bend. At least I learnt to ignore critics from then on.
Having now seen 'Satyagraha'courtesy ArtsWOM and Jessica,I have to report that I was asorbed by much of the experience,though the final act seemed endless.It was helped a good deal by a brillant production and excellent performances,especially Alan Oke's.
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