Bruce Levingston
Nonviolence at the Met; A Boldface Crowd at Zankel Hall
Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
Richard Croft in Philip Glass’ Satyagraha
at the Metropolitan Opera.
at the Metropolitan Opera.
Compared to the publicity blowout that preceded the season-opening production of Lucia di Lammermoor—a wild-eyed Natalie Dessay plastered over dozens of city buses—the Metropolitan Opera’s promotion of the company’s first production of Philip Glass’ 1980 opera, Satyagraha, which opened April 11, was almost restrained.
“Could an opera make us stand up for the truth?” asked one poster. “Could an opera make us warriors for peace?” asked another. read more »
