Colin Matthews

A quelques semaines de son mariage, Coco aimerait tout contrôler. Mais son entourage ne l'aide pas. Peur, désespoir, jalousie ou crainte de faire du mal : tout le monde a une bonne raison de lui mentir et de se mentir à soi-même. Son fiancé Carlos n'ose pas lui avouer que ses affaires périclitent, et peine à tenir ses promesses de sobriété et de fidélité. Sa meilleure amie Patti, artiste peintre excentrique et exaltée, lui cache sa relation avec leur professeur de yoga, qui lui-même prêche des vertus de pureté et de sincérité sans parvenir à se les appliquer. La jeune assistante de son cabinet dentaire, Vera, accumule elle aussi des secrets de famille et des problèmes d'argent...

Paul, an American composer, arrives in the desert town of Real de Catorce where his father recently died. For the past ten years, Paul has been consumed with the task of composing an ending for the masterpiece of an early twentieth century musician. Being isolated from the world, he sees an opportunity to finish the symphony. However, Paul is caught up in a new mystery, the disappearance thirty years ago of a woman named Marianne.

The LSO’s Principal Guest Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas celebrated his 70th birthday in 2015 with a concert focusing on British and Russian music, but with a nod to his native USA. He’s joined by the sensational young Chinese pianist Yuja Wang in Gershwin’s popular Concerto. Michael Tilson Thomas gave the US premiere of Colin Matthews’ Hidden Variables, an LSO commission during Matthews’ time as an Associate Composer with the LSO.

An adaptation from the controversial John Adams opera about the true life incident that took place in the mid 80s. The liner "Achille Lauro" is on a 12-day cruise in the Mediterranean. While the ship is docked in Alexandria, a maid discovers that four of the passengers are actually members of the Palestine Liberation Organization traveling incognito. Startled by their discovery, the PLO cadre is forced to act. They take the passengers on board hostage and demand the release of 50 Palestinian activists held in Israeli jails. As Egyptian, American, Italian, and Palestinian authorities bicker over the best way to handle the situation (and who would negotiate with the terrorists), the kidnappers find themselves dealing with rebellion among their captives, and an argument between the four PLO members and Leon Klinghoffer, a Jewish-American confined to a wheelchair, eventually escalates into violence.