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Creative Loafing Atlanta
Philip Glass: 'Kepler' marks return of iconic composer
Charleston Post Courier
(Aasimah Navlakhi/postandcourier.com) American composer Philip Glass turned 75 in January. To honor his long career and cavalcade of compositions, Spoleto Festival USA is mounting the first staged production of his opera “Kepler” in the US Directed by ...
Spoleto kicks off this weekend, celebrating Philip Glass' 75thCreative Loafing Atlanta
New Spoleto season opens in CharlestonCBS News

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Glass, Friends Head to Downtown Brooklyn
Wall Street Journal
By MATTHEW OSHINSKY Philip Glass will make his sole Brooklyn appearance of 2012 at "Music with Friends," a three-day festival of concerts scheduled for June 13-15 at ISSUE Project Room. The 75-year-old composer will perform solo works as well as ...


 
Spoleto Festival celebrates Philip Glass' 75th
San Jose Mercury News
By BRUCE SMITH AP Writer CHARLESTON, SC—The Spoleto Festival USA opens its 36th season Friday and among the planned performances is an opera by American composer Philip Glass to commemorate his 75th birthday and his long relationship with the ...

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The Aiken Leader
Spoleto Festival 2012: Philip Glass' 'Kepler' Opera Will Premiere
Huffington Post
By BRUCE SMITH 05/19/12 01:56 PM ET CHARLESTON, SC — The Spoleto Festival USA opens its 36th season Friday and among the planned performances is an opera by American composer Philip Glass to commemorate his 75th birthday and his long relationship with ...
Spoleto Festival celebrates Philip Glass' 75thGlens Falls Post-Star
Spoleto Festival USA highlightsThe State

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Come Sing In A Philip Glass World Premiere — In Times Square!
NPR (blog)
To honor Philip Glass' 75th birthday this year, we here at NPR Music commissioned Glass to create a short work that would be great fun for amateur and professional singers alike. We're inviting the public to take part in this event on June 21, ...

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Toronto.com
Knelman: Is Toronto ready for Luminato's Glass coup?
Toronto.com
By Martin Knelman Entertainment Columnist Philip Glass's epic Einstein on the Beach "is one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century,” says Jorn Weisbrodt, Luminato's new artistic director. Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Arthur Miller and Rudolf ...


 
Charleston City Paper
John Hancock talks faith and reason in Philip Glass' biographical opera <i ...
Charleston City Paper
Hancock, a baritone, is in town to prepare for the lead role in a Philip Glass opera about Kepler, and while he's mastered the music, he's still exploring what sort of a man Kepler was. "There's a couple others that are a little bit sexier," he says, ...