The Art of the Libretto: John Adams - The Paris Review
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from The Paris Review1 week ago
I thought that the millennium as a celebration should have something to do with these emotions. If you want to put it in another way, I wanted to write my own Messiah.
The Paris Reviewhttps://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/04/24/the-art-of-the-libretto-john-adams/
But what Peter did, which gave the piece its unique flavor, was to suggest a selection of texts, many of which came from the Hispanic poetic tradition.
The Paris Reviewhttps://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/04/24/the-art-of-the-libretto-john-adams/
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