tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post113811708725014231..comments2024-03-25T16:51:04.370-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: Pascal Dusapin's New FaustCharles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-85885511676483265252008-12-28T09:15:00.000-05:002008-12-28T09:15:00.000-05:00"The work is only an hour and a half in length."Fu..."The work is only an hour and a half in length."<BR/><BR/>Funny. It feels like 3 hours, at least.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1162265137466697222006-10-30T22:25:00.000-05:002006-10-30T22:25:00.000-05:00It will be staged at the Spoleto Festival USA in C...It will be staged at the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston in May, 2007 - finally, a Dusapin opera done in the U.S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1138293291256691472006-01-26T11:34:00.000-05:002006-01-26T11:34:00.000-05:00Nick, I'm hoping that some courageous company in t...Nick, I'm hoping that some courageous company in the U.S. will produce this opera soon.Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1138293125234089022006-01-26T11:32:00.000-05:002006-01-26T11:32:00.000-05:00Garth, thanks for the note about Alex Ross's post....Garth, thanks for the note about Alex Ross's post. For anyone who is interested in the new Glass opera, I did a <A HREF="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2005/09/philip-glass-waiting-for-barbarians.html" REL="nofollow">press roundup</A> of <EM>Waiting for the Barbarians</EM> in September.Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1138198432335809302006-01-25T09:13:00.000-05:002006-01-25T09:13:00.000-05:00Alex Ross, at The Rest is Noise, cites the Manuel ...Alex Ross, at The Rest is Noise, cites the Manuel Brug German-language review in Die Welt, as well as this intriguing snippet: "Big names such as Carter, Birtwistle, Takemitsu, and Zender notwithstanding, the Staatsoper has here presented its most convincing premiere of the last several years." I too look forward to seeing and hearing the work, and judging how it stacks up against Birtwistle's Garth Trinklhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11084463787729969177noreply@blogger.com