12 Nov 2010

Interview: Michael McCarthy, director, In The Penal Colony

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/features/Interview-Michael-McCarthy--director.6623756.jp

By Barry Gordon [The Scotsman, 12 November 2010]

A chamber opera based on a Franz Kafka short story, it's rather apt that renowned composer, Philip Glass, should score the music to Kafka's 1914 mini-masterpiece. For one thing, both musician and writer are revered for their taut, claustrophobic, often uncomfortable approach to their work.