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Today, a new production of Philip Glass’s work Satyagraha debuts at the Metropolitan Opera. It tells the story of Mahatma Gandhi’s experiences in South Africa, ones that helped define his philosophy of non-violent resistance. But Gandhi isn’t the only figure who casts a large shadow on stage—or, for that matter, in its wings. Lara Pellegrinelli reports from backstage on some of the opera’s other lofty characters — its puppets.

Metropolitan Opera Web site
Lara Pellegrinelli's report