Christopher Fox
1 February 2010
If we want new opera to relate to our twenty-first century experience, we must return to first principles, says Christopher Fox
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George Rafael is a writer on film and music based in London. He has contributed to Cineaste, The First Post, Opera News, Film Comment and Salon.
Was Gustav Mahler the most influential composer of the last 150 years? Two recent books by the journalist and broadcaster Norman Lebrecht claim as much; George Rafael, though, feels the question of Mahler's influence is more personal.
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