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Philip Glass
Born: Baltimore, MD, 31 January 1937
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Einstein on the Beach,
opera in four acts and five 'kneeplays';
spoken text by
Christopher Knowles, Samuel M. Johnson, and Lucinda Childs
(25 July 1976, Avignon Festival, France.
US: 21 Nov. 1976,
NY Met)
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Attacca--A Madrigal Opera
(1980)
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Satyagraha: M. K. Gandhi in South Africa,
opera in three acts;
libretto by the composer and Constance DeJong
afdter the Bhagavadgita.
(in Sanskrit)
(5 Sep. 1980, Stadsschouwburg, Rotterdam.
US: 29 July 1981, Artpark, Lewiston, NY)
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The Photographer
(1982)
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The Panther
[rev. of Attacca]
(1982)
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Akhenaten,
opera in three acts with prologue and epilogue;
libretto by the composer, Shalom Goldman, Robert Israel, and Richard Riddell,
after historical and miscellaneous sources.
(24 March 1984, Stuttgart.
US: 12 Oct. 1984, Houston)
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the CIVIL warS,
Rome section
(1984)
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A Madrigal Opera
[rev. of Attacca]
(1985)
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The Juniper Tree,
children's opera;
music by Glass and Robert Moran
(1985)
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A Descent into the Maelstrom
(1986)
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The Fall of the House of Usher,
chamber opera in two acts with prologue;
libretto by Arthur Yorinks
after the short story by Edgar Allan Poe
(18 May 1988, American Rep., Cambridge, Mass.)
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The Making of the Representative for Planet 8,
libretto by Doris Lessing
after her novel of the same name
(1988)
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1000 Airplanes On the Roof,
theatre piece
(1989)
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Hydrogen Jukebox,
multimedia theater work
(1990)
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The Voyage,
opera in three acts with prologue and epilogue;
libretto by David Henry Hwang
(12 October 1992,
NY Met
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Orphée,
opera in two acts;
libretto adapted by Philip Glass
from the film of Jean Cocteau
(14 May 1993, American Rep., Cambridge, Mass)
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Les Enfants Terribles,
libretto after the film of Jean Cocteau
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The White Raven
(in preparation for 1998)
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The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five,
libretto by Doris Lessing
after her novel of the same name
(in preparation)
Videography
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by Philip Glass)
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Philip Glass.
Satyagraha
Dennis Russel Davies 1993
DVD: Image Entertainment.
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Einstein on the Beach.
Original recording, rerel. 1990.
Compact disc: Sony 38875.
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Einstein on the Beach.
1993 recording.
Compact disc: Nonesuch 79323.
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Satyagraha.
Original recording, NY City Opera, rerel. 1990.
Compact disc: Sony 39672.
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Excerpts from Einstein, Satyagraha, and Akhenaten, on
Songs from the Trilogy.
1989.
Compact disc: Sony.
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1000 Airplanes on the Roof.
1992.
Compact disc: Virgin.
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The Photographer.
1992.
Compact disc: Sony 37849.
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Hydrogen Jukebox.
1993.
Compact disc: Nonesuch 79286.
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The CIVIL warS, Act V: Rome section.
1999.
Compact disc: Nonesuch 79487.
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La Belle et la Bete.
1995.
Compact disc: Nonesuch 79347.
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last update: 1 Jan. 2003
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