Philip Glass’s 1980 work, new to the London stage, gives an illustrated account of Mahatma
Gandhi’s early years in South Africa, viewed through the eyes of his satyagraha philosophy of peaceful resistance.
Satyagraha at ENO
Da Corneto ready for ‘cursed’ opera
http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/stage/349737,WKP-News-forza20.article
The Rakeís Progress, La Monnaie, Brussels
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/e7d5272c-ee87-11db-b5e9-000b5df10621.html
PENDERECKI: Symphony no. 7
Krzyzstof Penderecki (b. 1933) has contributed a body of works to the modern repertoire, and his Symphony no. 7, which he composed 1996 (premiere 1997 in Jerusalem), is an impressive composition.
Drama at Vienna opera: Who will be its new leader?
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/18/news/austria.php
MAHLER: Des Knaben Wunderhorn
The orchestral songs of Gustav Mahler remain an important contribution to the genre, and stand
well alongside similar works by Berlioz, Wolf, and Strauss.