"Change on the Supreme Court happens in long slow arcs, but the direction of this arc seems pretty clear, " said Stanford Law School Dean Larry Kramer.
He explained that change in the direction of the current in the Mozambique Channel was a result of the slow northward movement of Africa and Madagascar.
Arresting, consistently absorbing stage pictures expertly follow the mournful flow of this slow-moving epic, while a powerhouse cast of singers and the Met Orchestra under the sure direction of Daniele Gatti ensure that the evening has both gravity and momentum.