By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
John Adams has been one of the best known and most admired composers of the past several decades. His famously minimalist yet emotionally maximalist music has served as an aggressive repudiation of the common stereotype that classical music is a form hopelessly stuck in a past in which wealthy patrons sit silently in lavishly appointed concert halls listening to the works of composers who lived centuries ago.
The New York City Opera has kicked off its spring season with a one-two punch that shows the scrappy company staying true to its historic dual mission.
