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World report: reviews of opera from around the world: United States.
From:
Opera Canada
| Date:
September 22, 1998| Author:
Nick Rossi, and others
| COPYRIGHT 1998 Opera Canada Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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CHARLESTON
STEVE REICH'S HINDENBURG WAS GIVEN ITS premiere as part of the Spoleto U.S.A. Festival this past June. Even for those of us who are not great admirers of the minimalist school, it was an exciting event full of powerful emotional impact. Reich's wife, video artist Beryl Korot, had devised a multi-picture screen that carried the landing and burial of the Hindenburg in 1937--the first filming of a major disaster--along with views of the headlines of the time. The...
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