Washington Songlines: Ginsberg and Glass' Hydrogen Jukebox at Georgetown University

On the Sunday night preceding the inauguration of President Obama--and while the pre-Inaugural concert with a roster of superstars and an audience of hundreds of thousands was taking place at the Lincoln Memorial (see the post at http://voamusic.blogspot.com/2009/01/musical-events-during-president-barack.html), Georgetown University and the Baltimore-based American Opera Theater presented the last of three performances of the Hydrogen Jukebox, with the libretto taken from the poetry of the late Allen Ginsberg, and the original music by Philip Glass.

(Complete report forthcoming.)