Re: Survived 'Nixon In China'

robert steinberg <notpuccini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Tim Gowen <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Once you get used to the minimalist style, and to operatic conventions,

What do I mean by operatic conventions? Pronouncing words as they are
spelt: "come" with a hard o so it's "comm".

English doesn't lend itself to opera as well as romance languages.

Adams is a great composer. I'm not sure I agree with Nixon being
minimalist style, certainly not The Chairman Dances.

Maybe not, I'm not terribly familiar with it or indeed with opera.


Tim

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