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SAHL, M. / SALZMAN, E.: Civilization and its Discontents [Opera] (Sahl, Salzman)

Composer(s):Sahl, MichaelSalzman, Eric
Artist(s)
Period(s) Contemporary
Genre Classical Music
Category Opera
Catalogue LAB7089
Label Labor Records
Quality   320kbps
Album Price
 
MP3
USD 9.99
 

 

   



Topical > Timeless
Review By vh129169,January 2012

At least four years before the word Yuppie was coined, when laptops and cell phones were still sci-fi fantasies, New Yorkers were still getting used to the Twin Towers dominating their skyline, and the ink was barely dry on news of the Vietnam War and Watergate scandals, this little opera summed up the zeitgeist of America at the tail end of the 20th Century. It's all here in miniature.

Carlos Arachnid's Club Bide-a-Wee, where aggressive mantra-chants of "If It Feels Good Do It!" alternate with mellow refrains of "Serenity!", manages to encapsulate (a) the culture of cults like Scientology, est, and Tony Robbins, (b) the crazed spirit of one-night-stands and coke-snorting clubbers, and (c) the gently supportive atmosphere of twelve-stepping self-help groups — all this in more....







 

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