Music: A Monster & More

MUSIC

IT was a fairly big event, in the fairly small world of classical music. This June, Elliot Goldenthal’s opera Grendel had its premiere at the Los Angeles Opera, and, about a month later, it traveled to New York, to be the centerpiece of the Lincoln Center Festival. This opera had buzz; and it was not entirely undeserved.

About the Author

Jay Nordlinger

Jay Nordlinger was a senior editor of National Review and a book fellow at National Review Institute.

MUSIC

IT was a fairly big event, in the fairly small world of classical music. This June, Elliot Goldenthal’s opera Grendel had its premiere at the Los Angeles Opera, and, about a month later, it traveled to New York, to be the centerpiece of the Lincoln Center Festival. This opera had buzz; and it was not entirely undeserved.