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| [1] Einstein on the Beach (1976)./ An opera in four acts for ensemble, chorus and soloists in collaboration with American designer Robert Wilson.
Libretto by Philip Glass based on texts by Christopher Knowles, Samuel M. Johnson and Lucinda Childs (in English). [2] A Madrigal Opera (1980)./ A chamber opera in four parts for six voices (singing only solfeggio syllables), violin and viola in collaboration with Dutch designer Robert Malasch. Libretto unspecified. There have been different realizations, each one with a different title. Attaca: A Madrigal Opera, the original 1980 production written with Robert Malasch. [3] Satyagraha (1980). An opera in three acts for orchestra, chorus and soloists. Libretto by Philip Glass and Constance De Jong based on the Bhagavad Gita (in Sanskrit). [4] The CIVIL warS: a tree is best measured when it is down. Act V - The Rome Section (1983). An opera with prologue and three scenes for orchestra, chorus and soloists in collaboration with American designer Robert Wilson, as a part of his multi-composer epic for the Los Angeles Olympic Games of 1984. Libretto by Maita di Niscemi and Robert Wilson based on poems of Seneca and others (in Latin, Italian and English). [4] Akhnaten (1984)./ An opera in three acts for orchestra, chorus and soloists. Libretto by Philip Glass (in Egyptian, Arcadian, Hebrew and language of audience) in association with Shalom Goldman, Robert Israel and Richard Riddell. Vocal text drawn from original sources by Shalom Goldman. [6] The Juniper Tree (1984)./ An opera in two acts for chamber orchestra, small chorus and soloists in collaboration with American composer Robert Moran. Libretto by Arthur Yorinks based on a tale by the Brothers Grimm (in English). [7] The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 (1986). An opera in three acts for orchestra, small chorus and soloists in collaboration with British writer Doris Lessing. Libretto by Doris Lessing based on her novel of the same name (in English). Commissioned by the Houston Grand Opera (USA) [8] The Fall of the House of Usher (1987)./ A chamber opera in two acts for ensemble and soloists. Libretto by Arthur Yorinks based on the tale of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe (in English). [9] Hydrogen Jukebox (1990)./ A chamber opera for ensemble and soloists in collaboration with American poet Allen Ginsberg and American designer Jerome Sirlin. Libretto by Allen Ginsberg based on 21 of his poems (in English). [10] O Corvo Branco (White Raven) (1991)./ An opera in five acts for orchestra, chorus and soloists in collaboration with American designer Robert Wilson. Libretto by Portuguese writer Lu�sa Costa Gomes (in Portuguese and language of audience). [11] The Voyage (1992)./ An opera with prologue and epilogue in three acts for orchestra, chorus and soloists. Libretto by David Henry Hwang (in English) based on a story by Philip Glass. [12] Orph�e (1993)./ A chamber opera in two acts for ensemble and soloists. Libretto adapted by Philip Glass based on the film of the same name by Jean Cocteau (in French). [13] La Belle et la B�te (The Beauty and the Beast) (1994). An opera for ensemble and film./ Libretto adapted by Philip Glass based on the film of the same name by Jean Cocteau (in French). [14] Les Enfants Terribles (Children of the Game) (1996). A dance opera in 27 scenes for ensemble (3 grand pianos or digital pianos), soloists and dancers in collaboration with American choreographer Susan Marshall. Libretto by Philip Glass based on the novel of the same name by Jean Cocteau (in French). [15] The Marriages between Zones Three, Four and Five (1997). An opera in two acts, for orchestra, chorus and soloists in collaboration with British writer Doris Lessing. Libretto by Doris Lessing based on her novel of the same name (in English). For the first production it was translated into German by Saskia M. Wesnigk. [16] Monsters of Grace (1998)./ A digital opera in three dimensions for ensemble and soloists in collaboration with American designer Robert Wilson. Staging formed by 13 three-dimensional computer animated scenes created by Kleiser-Walczak Construction Company and projected onto a large screen in the 70mm stereoscopic film format directed by Diana Walczak and Jeff Kleiser. Libretto based on 9 poems by the 13th century Persian poet Yalal al-Din Rumi translated and adapted to English by Coleman Barks. [17] In the Penal Colony (2000)./ A chamber opera for string quintet (string quartet plus double bass), two male singers (bass and baritone) and three actors in nonsinging roles written in collaboration with American theatre director JoAnne Akalaitis. Libretto written by Rudolph Wurlitzer based on the tale of the same name by Franz Kafka (in English). [18] Galileo Galilei (2002)./ An opera in ten scenes for orchestra and soloists written in collaboration with American theatre director Mary Zimmerman. Libretto written by Mary Zimmerman with Philip Glass and Arnold Weinstein based on the life of Galileo (in English)/ SOURCE |
| Philip Glass will compose an opera about Appomattox, the site of the surrender that ended the Civil War, that will be given its world premiere by the San Francisco Opera in autumn 2007./ Source |
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| Even after all these years, Philip Glass may be at once the world�s most successful living composer and the most vilified figure in the hermetic world of classical music....But much of the resistance to Glass� music undervalues his real contributions to the arts of the 20th century and beyond. Classical music listeners who long ago wrote off Philip Glass might want to check out some of the new and recent Glass compositions being performed at San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Performances, Stanford Lively Arts, and elsewhere in the Bay Area this fall in a collective form of celebration of his 70th birthday (see the item in Listening Ahead). Despite superficial similarities, they�re not your father�s Philip Glass./ SFCV |
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| The San Francisco Symphony has not performed a Philip Glass work for a very long time. Is this an unfortunate oversite ? Why has the San Francisco Ballet done a lot more Glass ? |