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14 Dec 2022 Conversations with Tyler John Adams on Composing and Creative Freedom
“We don’t know for sure, but it seems like Cleopatra was probably at that time in her early 30s, maybe mid-30s, and Antony was probably, we’re guessing, maybe 10 years older.”
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- 14 Dec 2022
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…How old are Antony and Cleopatra in your vision? Well, this takes place roughly around 30 BC. If you were 40 years old, you were old back then. People didn’t have very long lifespans. We don’t know for sure, but it seems like Cleopatra was probably at that time in her early 30s, maybe mid-30s, and Antony was probably, we’re guessing, maybe 10 years older. But people lived fast and intense in those days. If you didn’t get along with your cousin, you hired an assassin. Life was very brutal, and to survive took great determination and ingenuity and craftiness. What does the opera draw from Debussy?…
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