When Dalia Stasevska heard opera music for the first time, it was a moment of profound self-revelation. She was 13, growing ...

Reminding us of the kind of kids’ storybook viewer into which slot circular wheels of film frames, this similar retro feel device likewise features two eyepieces, and indeed two lenses. Where it ...

A daily chronicle of creativity in film, TV, music, arts, and entertainment, produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from November 2014 – March 2020. Host John Horn leads the ...

"It has come to my attention that a ballet entitled Wuthering Heights featuring my music and using my name in its advertising and promotion is to premiere" at the Sevastopol Opera and Ballet Theatre, ...

Are you a fan of Phillip Glass? (Well, who of us gray folks are?) And yet Glass is without doubt among the most influential composers of our lifetime. One hears his influence everywhere! Pop, rock, ...

When she was eight years old, Francesca Zambello was taken by her father to a production of Madam Butterfly at London’s Covent Garden. The little girl was obviously hooked by the Puccini music, ...

Productions of Philip Glass’ opera “Satyagraha,” a meditation on the life of Mohandas K. Gandhi and his philosophy of nonviolent resistance, always seem to arrive right on time. When “Satyagraha” had ...

Philip Glass’ opera “The Trial,” which received its North American premiere at Opera Theatre of St. Louis on Sunday night, has almost everything it needs to be a big success: one of the composer’s ...

It’s a term Philip Glass never liked as a term for his musical style, and the rich complexity of “The Lost,” his newest opera, proves those who insist on using it just plain wrong. Written for the new ...

The choreographers Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber will put their own spin on “Satyagraha” by Philip Glass for its Paris Opera premiere. By David Belcher Works by Philip Glass and Bohuslav Martinu, ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. As far as words and music are concerned, then, the evening was very much Glass’s show. As far as words and music ...