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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Style - Nov 15, 2008
NEW YORK -- "Wild Combination," a new documentary about Arthur Russell, faces the impossible task of trying to sum up a musical career that billowed like steam -- both boundless and fleeting.
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Style - Oct 18, 2008
Opera can depict the end of the world: We've known that since Wagner's "Götterdämmerung." But the close of John Adams and Peter Sellars's "Doctor Atomic," rather than merely ending a world onstage, creates a space …
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pastemagazine.com » Paste Magazine - Oct 2, 2008
What to do with three Academy Award nominations, eight symphonies and a swathe of film scores and solo works under your belt? For esteemed classical composer Philip Glass, the next logical step would naturally be an …
netcot.com » NETCOT.com - Oct 1, 2008
According to the BBC, The New York City Opera has commissioned Philip Glass (”Einstein on the Beach”) to write a new show about Walt Disney. “The Perfect American” will be an American version of Peter Stephan Jungk’s …
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jossip.com » Jossip - Sep 30, 2008
Perpetual New Yorker and wonky-haired composer Philip Glass is in the process of working on an opera about the life of Walt Disney. Called The Greatest American, the musical concerto will not feature any of the songs …
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buzzsugar.com » BuzzSugar -- Entertainment hourly. - Sep 30, 2008
According to Variety, composer Philip Glass is creating an opera about Walt Disney. The story "imagines the last months of Disney as seen through the eyes of a fictional Austrian cartoonist who worked for him." I …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Style - Aug 21, 2008
NEW YORK Nico Muhly is hot. Physically, he is good-looking enough, with the wide eyes and toothy smile and frenetic energy of a mischievous, post-pubescent choirboy. But his real heat is as a composer. He is the flavor …
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pastemagazine.com » Paste Magazine - Aug 13, 2008
In a move that seems suspiciously fitted to its pun-triumphant name, a box set of avant-classical composer Philip Glass's work entitled, yes, Glass Box, will be released on Sept. 23 by Nonesuch Records.
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cinematical.com » Cinematical - Aug 12, 2008
Filed under: Documentary, Distribution, Oscar Watch, Cinematical Indie To be eligible for the Academy Awards, a documentary feature must play theatrically, at least two showings a day, for at least a week in both Los …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Style - Jun 23, 2008
ST. LOUIS -- The title "Troilus and Cressida" rings a bell with Shakespeare fans but has little resonance among opera-goers. And yet it headlined an unexpectedly diverting evening at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis on …
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