WORK IN PROGRESS: AN ORAL HISTORY OF PHILIP GLASS

WINTER BREAK LONG READS: REVISIT OUR 2012 COVER STORIES

“There was a near riot in the audience behind me and I got scared to the point where I had one of the sound guys come and just stand next to me during that movement. There were the detractors and the enthusiasts each shouting at each other trying to drown each other out. The detractors shouting, ‘Basta! Basta!’ meaning “enough” in Italian, and the other ones shouting 'Bravi! Bravi!’ meaning 'great.’”