[Thor Joachim Haga]

Same here, Wesley (and welcome!). Goldenthal also opened me up to a great deal of contemporary concert music, via his mix of modern and traditional.

I kinda wonder if he made a grab for the royalties to help fund a recording of his Grendel opera, but obviously that never materialized.

That’s something to ponder. I know he was VERY set to record the opera some 15 years ago, but I can understand it was too expensive in the end. I have it, at least most of it, and it’s got plenty of typical Goldenthal-isms here and there. Although contemporary opera is a hard reach for me.