美国音乐大师——作曲家约翰·亚当斯

American Music Master-Composer John Adams

约翰·亚当斯（John Adams）的音乐可以说是21世纪美国歌剧的代表。由他作曲的《原子博士》（Doctor Atomic）10月13日进行了大都会歌剧院的首演。

The music of John Adams has come to represent the sound of American opera in the 21st century.John Adams may he one of the few prominent Ameri- can composers of opera,but he doesn't much want to hear about it.If you raise the subject,he will protest,with the self-deprecation that is a basic part of his persona.'I don't think of myself,‘Here I am, the American Composer,sitting down to his desk this morning.''