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A quiet place wikipedia6/4/2023 "If the opera is saying anything", he said, "it is saying that anything in life is hard to achieve." Then he added, "including this opera". And the last scene is "one of those adagios", referring to the grave and noble slow movements that conclude works like the Mahler Third and Ninth symphonies. ![]() The third is a playful scherzo", he said. "The opening scene is huge and explosive. Bernstein compared the four-part shape of the opera to a Mahler symphony in an interview with a Houston critic last week. Underlying it all is an orchestral fabric in a wide variety of styles that is of truly symphonic density – the opposite of Trouble in Tahiti. From The Washington Post, before the premiere: The first performance, attended by Bernstein, was on 17 June 1983 at Houston Grand Opera.
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