As the opening act, American composer James Tenney's testimonies, played back on four speakers, and a piece for four percussionists, Pika-Don, gave their first ever performance in Japan.
The issue that created, the most tension between Halasz and the board was Halasz's commitment to staging new works by American composers and rarely heard operas at the opera house.
European masters of classical music influenced U.S. composers, but true to the country's pioneering spirit, the genre has evolved here in a wholly unique way.
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