Tomassini's exemplary description of complex, apparently imperfect, riveting The Death of Klinghoffer at the Met: http://nyti.ms/1pwPdry
― dow, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 14:07 (nine years ago) link
the libretto sounds corny to me. I'm sure the music is great though.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 14:13 (nine years ago) link
http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2014/10/21/adam-shatz/whos-afraid-of-klinghoffer/
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 17:26 (nine years ago) link
Shoot wish they were doing Met Live in HD for this
― Brakhage, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 22:35 (nine years ago) link
Reich > Glass, easy. Adams I can't speak intelligently about, though I would think the question would be Adams vs. Luther Adams (and the answer fairly clear?).
― benbbag, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 23:05 (nine years ago) link
A friend who is a Met subscriber was at opening night, and was revolted by Rudy Giuliani / Fox News etc milking the "anti-Semitic" angle in the plaza. He finds the accusations ludicrous, and as his mate is Israeli I tend to believe him.
― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 23 October 2014 16:22 (nine years ago) link
Furore made me check out Klinghoffer, which I'd blown off when it came out. Man I am loving this. The 2001 film version is great so far, though I'm glad I listened to the recording first before watching it (there are a lot of diegetic sound cues in the film, especially at the beginning, which distract from the opening choruses)
― Brakhage, Thursday, 23 October 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link