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American composer John Adams\u2019 opera, The Gospel According to the Other Mary<\/a> $\"\"$ , has been released on CD by Deutsche Grammophone<\/a>. It can be purchased through Amazon.com<\/a>, which also has some videos of the composer talking about Peter Sellars\u2019 minimalist realization of the piece $\"\"$ . The English National Opera<\/a> will be performing its stage debut later this year. NPR<\/a> recently featured a discussion of the piece.<\/p>\n

I definitely need to get myself a copy. It seems like exactly the sort of thing that I will enjoy, musically as well as conceptually.<\/p>\n

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