In the Penal Colony | Opera review

Linbury 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 Wurlitzer, is not one of them. Glass's hastily scribbled score, which distributes clumsy, unidiomatic lines between tenor, baritone and string quintet, takes the dramatic tension and philosophical significance preserved in Wurlitzer's libretto and runs it ...

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21:15 on September 19 2010

In the Penal Colony | Opera review

Guardian Music — Linbury 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 2... more info

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16:56 on September 20 2010

Fidelio, Welsh National Opera/ In the Penal Colony, Music Theatre Wales, review

The Telegraph — Two prison dramas presented by two Welsh opera companies are very different. Rating: Fidelio: * *, In the Penal Colony: * * * more info

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