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Tag: NIGHT AT THE OPERA

  • Two Avant-Gardists Join Forces

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    The collaboration between John Zorn and Richard Foreman is profiled. Two guys meet on a corner in Manhattan’s East Village. First guy says to the second: “Why don’t you write me an opera?” Second guy shrugs and says “OK.” “It was that simple,” said director Richard Foreman of the spark that led to “Astronome: A…