Disney through Philip Glass

Philip Glass is to write a new opera about Walt Disney. It will be based on Peter Stephan Jungk's German-language novel "Der König von Amerika" from the point of view of a fictional animator named Wilhelm Dantine. The premiere is scheduled to open the 2012-13 season of the New York City Opera.

For more information read NYCOpera's own press release.

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