Composer Evan Ziporyn wrote the opera "A House in Bali" (pictured, a 2009 performance) based on a Canadian composer's memoir. "A House in Bali" will be performed Friday and Saturday in Boston.
Reinventing a journey to Bali, in life and in opera
Composer Evan Ziporyn wrote the opera "A House in Bali" (pictured, a 2009 performance) based on a Canadian composer's memoir. "A House in Bali" will be performed Friday and Saturday in Boston.
One day in the late 1920s, the young Canadian-born composer Colin McPhee stumbled across some recordings of traditional Balinese gamelan music. They felt like a dispatch from another world. (Full article: 1458 words)
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