Reviews

• Where Glass' music shines is in the details of its text setting, especially during the narrative stretches that dot the opera. Here, the composer's simple rhythmic motifs, instead of trying to hold the spotlight, serve as a sort of musical trellis around which he can wind the phrases of Hampton's libretto with the naturalness and careful pacing of a speaking actor
  Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, 08/10/2007