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World of Glass; Athens, early June: it never rains. So what, asks Kevin Jackson, is that stuff teeming down on the premiere of Philip Glass's new work? And what does the great man make of it himself?(Features)
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Byline: Kevin Jackson
Only a hardened cynic (and I don't mean Diogenes) would deny that this amphitheatre is one heck of a venue for live music. The Odeion of Herodes Atticus was built around 160-170AD by a wealthy Athenian businessman, as a tribute to his dead wife Regilia, and although it's not quite the transcendental wonder of its near neighbour, the Parthenon, it's certainly a splendid old pile.
Unlike many amphitheatres, it takes the form of a perfect semi-circle; 5,000-odd spectators can cram into its banked rows of stalls, and, behind the open performance space, a ...
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