Philip Glass

Born: Baltimore, MD, 31 January 1937

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) [ See Jeff Smith's Einstein page ]
Attacca--A Madrigal Opera (1980)
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)
The Photographer (1982)
The Panther [rev. of Attacca] (1982)
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)
the CIVIL warS, Rome section (1984)
A Madrigal Opera [rev. of Attacca] (1985)
The Juniper Tree, children's opera; music by Glass and Robert Moran (1985)
A Descent into the Maelstrom (1986)
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.)
The Making of the Representative for Planet 8, libretto by Doris Lessing after her novel of the same name (1988)
1000 Airplanes On the Roof, theatre piece (1989)
Hydrogen Jukebox, multimedia theater work (1990)
The Voyage, opera in three acts with prologue and epilogue; libretto by David Henry Hwang (12 October 1992, NY Met
Orphée, opera in two acts; libretto adapted by Philip Glass from the film of Jean Cocteau (14 May 1993, American Rep., Cambridge, Mass)
Les Enfants Terribles, libretto after the film of Jean Cocteau
The White Raven (in preparation for 1998)
The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five, libretto by Doris Lessing after her novel of the same name (in preparation)

Discography
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Einstein on the Beach. Original recording, rerel. 1990.
Compact disc: Sony 38875.

Einstein on the Beach. 1993 recording.
Compact disc: Nonesuch 79323.

Satyagraha. Original recording, NY City Opera, rerel. 1990.
Compact disc: Sony 39672.

Excerpts from Einstein, Satyagraha, and Akhenaten, on Songs from the Trilogy. 1989.
Compact disc: Sony.

1000 Airplanes on the Roof. 1992.
Compact disc: Virgin.

The Photographer. 1992.
Compact disc: Sony 37849.

Hydrogen Jukebox. 1993.
Compact disc: Nonesuch 79286.

The CIVIL warS, Act V: Rome section. 1999.
Compact disc: Nonesuch 79487.

La Belle et la Bete. 1995.
Compact disc: Nonesuch 79347.

Links

GlassPages
Glass bio at G. Schirmer's home page

last update: 3 Dec. 2002