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In the Penal Colony | Opera review

5272 days ago
Guardian MusicLinbury Studio, LondonWith Satyagraha and Einstein on the Beach to his name, Philip Glass has participated in some excellent operatic projects. In the Penal Colony, his 2000 adaptation of Franz Kafka's well-known story to a libretto by Rudolph Wurlit... more info

In the Penal Colony; Don Pasquale; La bohème/Euridice; Chilingirian Quartet | Classical review

5273 days ago
Guardian MusicLinbury studio; Royal Opera House; Peacock theatre; Kings Place, all LondonA string quintet, two singers, one actor plus a wooden table to suggest an apparatus for torture: you can shape an opera out of anything. These were the sparse elements, tight... more info

Philip Glass: I'm drawn to Kafka's darkness

5279 days ago
The TelegraphPhilip Glass talks to Ivan Hewett about his decision to compose an opera based on one of the author's terrifying tales. more info

Les Enfants Terribles | Opera review

5298 days ago
Guardian MusicArcola, LondonIn the 1990s, Philip Glass composed a trilogy of music-theatre pieces based on films by Jean Cocteau. His remarkable reworking of La Belle et la BĂȘte was brought to London by the composer's own ensemble soon after the premiere, while t... more info

George Harrison and Ravi Shankar collaborations to be reissued

5304 days ago
Guardian MusicLimited-edition box set featuring late Beatle planned for Indian sitar master's 90th birthdayLong out of print, a collection of George Harrison's work with Ravi Shankar will be reissued this October, in honour of Shankar's 90th birthday. The limited-... more info

Review: Cabrillo Festival wraps up with Philip Glass's Cello Concerto and other delights

5306 days ago
Mercury News, CaliforniaSunday at Mission San Juan Bautista, Wendy Sutter performed the piece, which in its best moments suggests the balance, logic and all-knowing essential-Ness of J.S. Bach. more info

Matteo Pericoli and his drawings of New York City | Art

5322 days ago
Guardian MusicMatteo Pericoli found fame with his 22ft fold-out drawing of Manhattan's skyline. His new book shows the city through the windows of New York's artists and writers, from Annie Leibovitz to Philip Glass, David Byrne to Nora Ephron, with their thoughts... more info

Dracula | Classical/Film review

5327 days ago
Guardian MusicHackney Empire, London"No, it wasn't scary at all," the girl said as she chatted to her friend on her mobile. "The old horror films are so funny." Much of the packed house at Hackney Empire thought the same of Tod Browning's 1931 movie Dracula, scree... more info

I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky; Icarus at the Edge of Time; Don Giovanni | Classical review

5343 days ago
Guardian MusicTheatre Royal Stratford East, London; Royal Festival Hall, London; Glyndebourne Opera House, East SussexYou don't need to be a theoretical physicist to go to the opera but it helps. Black holes, big bangs, general relativity and gravitational collaps... more info

Icarus at the Edge of Time | Classical review

5347 days ago
Guardian MusicRoyal Festival Hall, LondonAs well as being a leading theoretical physicist, Brian Greene is an ardent scientific populariser, with a number of best-selling books to his name including the children's book, Icarus at the Edge of Time, published two ye... more info

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