Virginia Opera presents Philip Glass’s ‘Orphee’ at George Mason University

Prolific composers, during their lifetimes, are thought to be unserious. It happened to Mozart; it's happened to Philip Glass. And in Glass's case, as in Mozart's, posterity will probably override contemporary opinion. It's true that there are some eminently forgettable pieces in his catalogue, but there are a whole lot of masterpieces, too — which seemed to come into focus this season as Glass saw revivals of "Satyagraha" at the Met and "Einstein on the Beach," which will open in March in Montpellier, France, and continue on tour into 2013. He celebrated his 75th birthday in January with an iTunes release and Carnegie Hall premiere of his Ninth Symphony.

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