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La Cieca
UPDATE: Philip Glass emerged from the Met tonight to read to the General Assembly (via mic check) the final lines from Satyagraha: “When righteousness/ Withers away/ And evil / Rules the Land /We come into being /Age after age/ And take visible shape /And move / A man among men/ For the protection/ Of good /Thrusting back evil /And setting virtue/ On her seat again.” Video of this speech (via The Rest is Noise) after the jump.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUXI3O8SAaQ&hd=1
Seth Colter Walls tweets: “Philip Glass makes it back inside the Met after his #OWS speech to some extra-loud applause from me for his inside-outside game.”
Earlier: Alex Ross reports: “The entire plaza has been closed. No sign yet of the composer of Satyagraha.” “The police just asked me to leave Lincoln Center Plaza.” [via Twitter]
La Cieca
James Jorden (who wrote under the names "La Cieca" and "Our Own JJ") was the founder and editor of parterre box. During his 20 year career as an opera critic he wrote for the New York Times, Opera, Gay City News, Opera Now, Musical America and the New York Post. He also raised his voice in punditry on National Public Radio. From time to time he directed opera, including three unsuccessful productions of Don Giovanni. He also contributed a regular column on opera for the New York Observer. James died in October 2023.
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Topics: alex ross, lincoln center, occupy museums, occupy wall street
