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Although sometimes described as "minimalist", the score displays a variety of musical styles, embracing minimalism after the manner of Philip Glass alongside passages echoing 19th-century composers such as Wagner and Johann Strauss. With these ingredients, Adams mixes Stravinskian 20th-century neoclassicism, jazz references, and big band sounds reminiscent of Nixon's youth in the 1930s.
Following the 1987 premiere, the opera received mixed reviews; some critics dismissed the work, predicting it would soon vanish. However, recent critical opinion has tended to recognize the work as a significant and lasting contribution to American opera.
Did you know...
- ...that opera singers Marguerite Bériza (pictured) and Orville Harrold appeared in 1917 at the Ravinia Festival in both Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana and Massenet's Manon?
- ...that the British pub rock music genre was started by American band Eggs over Easy, who were in England for less than a year?
- ...that Russian cellist Valentin Berlinsky played for the Borodin Quartet for 60 years, the longest-serving member of what was described as "the longest continuously playing" string quartet in the world?
- ...that in 1998, Paul McCartney rearranged Wings' 1976 songs "She's My Baby" and "Warm and Beautiful" for string quartet for concerts in memory of his late wife Linda?
- April 22: Musician Prince dies aged 57
- February 18: Taylor Swift's 1989 wins Grammy's Record of the year; Bad Blood wins the Best Music Video
- February 17: 'Earned It' earns The Weeknd his first Grammy
- February 16: Ed Sheeran wins Song of Year Grammy for Thinking Out Loud
- August 21: Cilla Black funeral held in Liverpool
- June 25: Petition pressures City of Edinburgh Council to review clause affecting live music scene
- June 13: English actor Christopher Lee dies aged 93
- May 30: U2 tour manager, Dennis Sheehan dies in Los Angeles hotel room at 68
- May 28: B.B. King's daughters allege blues musician was poisoned
- May 24: Taylor Swift breaks Vevo record
- Birthdays in Music: November 22
- Gunther Schuller, American composer and songwriter, turns 94.
- Paloma San Basilio, Spanish singer, turns 69.
- Floyd Sneed, American drummer of Three Dog Night fame, turns 77.
- Charlie Colin, American bassist with Train, turns 53.
- Jason Ringenberg, American singer for Jason & the Scorchers, turns 61.
- Aston Barrett, Jamaican bassist with The Wailers and The Upsetters, turns 73.
- Will Connell, American alto saxophonist, turns 81.
- Jesse Colin Young, American folk music singer, turns 78.
- Corey Beaulieu, American guitarist with Trivium, turns 36.
- Ron McClure, American bass player, turns 78.
- Tyler Hilton, American singer/songwriter and actor, turns 36.
- Charlene Choi, Hong Kong singer with Twins, turns 37.
- Chris Doran, Irish singer, turns 40.
- Ville Valo, Finnish singer with HIM, turns 43.
- Steven Van Zandt, American actor and guitarist with E Street Band, turns 69.
- Tina Weymouth, French-American bassist for Talking Heads, turns 69.
- Jim Bob, Brit vocalist for Carter USM, turns 59.
- Karen O, American singer with Yeah Yeah Yeahs, turns 41.
- Ben Adams, Brit boy band vocalist with A1, turns 38.
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