Concert· Liege
Philip Glass - Waiting for the Barbarians
This refers to *Waiting for the Barbarians*, an opera composed by Philip Glass (premiered in 2005), based on the 1980 novel by Nobel laureate J.M. Coetzee. The work tells the allegorical story of a Magistrate in a remote colonial outpost who becomes disillusioned with his Empire's brutal treatment of nomadic prisoners, exploring themes of power, torture, and moral awakening.