New York Opera appointed general manager, Gerard Mortier, has announced that Philip Glass will be penning an opera about the life and times of Walt Disney. Glass plans to make his adaptation from the book The Perfect American.AFP: U.S. Composer To Write Disney Opera (September 29, 2008)
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The story of the last days of Walt Disney, American icon and creator of perhaps the most pervasive fantasy world on our planet, is surprisingly gripping and at times disturbing."— Philip Glass on his affinity for the projectAFP: U.S. Composer To Write Disney Opera (September 29, 2008)