Thursday, March 29, 2012

In Its Next Life a Song Cycle Is a Musical - NYTimes.com

Read about classmate Adam Guettel in this recent New York Times article.

“SATURN RETURNS” is the 1998 song cycle that helped cement Adam Guettel’s reputation as one of musical theater’s most daringly rhapsodic composers. A repurposed version opens Wednesday under its original title, “Myths and Hymns.” Like any composer Mr. Guettel won’t know until opening night whether the producers — in this case the Prospect Theater Company — have pulled it off. Unlike most composers he really won’t have the faintest idea until then. “I’m seeing it for the first time that night,” he said.

In Its Next Life a Song Cycle Is a Musical - NYTimes.com

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