It has taken 14 years for John Adams’ second opera to reach a British stage. Scottish Opera’s production of The Death of Klinghoffer at last goes boldly where no opera company in these islands has dared before (and one of them, Glyndebourne, shared in the original commission).
The Death of Klinghoffer
Andrew Clements [The Guardian, 24 August 2005]
It has taken 14 years for John Adams' second opera to reach a British stage. Scottish Opera's production of The Death of Klinghoffer at last goes boldly where no opera company in these islands has dared before (and one of them, Glyndebourne, shared in the original commission).
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The Death of Klinghoffer
[The Times, 24 August 2005]
Robert Thicknesse at Edinburgh Festival Theatre
THE trouble with The Death of Klinghoffer is easy: whatever I say, half of you will hate me. Those who "like" John Adams's opera and those who "dislike" it are accused of fascism in equal measure. And those who impute anti-Semitism to the work should bear in mind that the film of it was banned by the (Palestinian) Ramallah film festival last year.
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Reality of terrorism on stage
By Andrew Clark [25 August 2005]
There were no security checks at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre on Tuesday. You could have carried a bomb inside. And for one long moment it felt as if someone had done just that during the long-awaited UK stage premiere of John Adams's The Death of Klinghoffer. The performance began with three loud gunshots. Before long Arab-looking terrorists were occupying the stage, pointing weapons nervously at the auditorium. One of them waded into the stalls and started dragging members of the audience towards a huddle of frightened hostages.