Still in shock after last night's Disney Hall Stravinsky double bill of Oedipus Rex and Symphony of the Psalms. Salonen and Sellars laid bold hands on both works and turned them into something new: a single, unified theatrical experience. The purists will be horrified, but the music was thrilling, and the drama left you stunned. I was expecting something good, but not this amazing. ... More later after I've had time to digest.
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