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Dennis Russell Davies

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Teatro Real, Madrid 2013Philip Glass: *The Perfect American*With Japanese subtitlesPhilip Glasss latest operaA surreal world shedding light on the final years of Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey MousePhilip Glasss latest work is *The Perfect American*, based on the novel of the same name by Peter Stefan Jung. It focuses on the final days of Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse and an American icon. Gone is the dream-filled world of Mickey and Donald Duck; instead, the story relentlessly explores Walts fantasies about his hometown of Marselline and his passion for trains. A former employee, fired from the studio, appears before Walt to accuse him, an owl he killed long ago reappears in the form of a young girl; a talking Abraham Lincoln robot spirals out of control; and Andy Warhol pays a visit, saying he wants to paint a portrait of him. An image of Waltarrogant, authoritarian, c