Satyagraha, Philip Glass’s Landmark Opera
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Apr 11, 2008
8:00pm
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Following its hit run in London last spring, Philip Glass’s landmark opera, Satyagraha, will premiere at the Metropolitan Opera on April 11 at 8:00 p.m. in a new production that has won raves from critics and audiences. Satyagraha (Sanskrit for “truth-force”) is a musical meditation on Gandhi’s early years in South Africa , when he developed his philosophy of non-violence. This seminal work, composed in 1979, has been re-imagined by director Phelim McDermott and associate director/set designer Julian Crouch; this co-production of the Met and English National Opera (ENO) has been created in collaboration with Improbable, McDermott and Crouch’s acclaimed London-based theater company. The Times of London praised the production as “a masterwork of theatrical intensity and integrity.” The libretto, by Glass and Constance DeJong, is taken from the Bhagavad Gita, and the opera is performed in Sanksrit.
Author: The Met
Metropolitan Opera House
Concert Halls/Venues
West 60s
Lincoln Center Plaza
Columbus Ave. b/w 62nd and 65th Streets
New York, NY 10023
212.362.6000
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All events and times are subject to change.
Apr 11, 2008
8:00pm
Official Site
Following its hit run in London last spring, Philip Glass’s landmark opera, Satyagraha, will premiere at the Metropolitan Opera on April 11 at 8:00 p.m. in a new production that has won raves from critics and audiences. Satyagraha (Sanskrit for “truth-force”) is a musical meditation on Gandhi’s early years in South Africa , when he developed his philosophy of non-violence. This seminal work, composed in 1979, has been re-imagined by director Phelim McDermott and associate director/set designer Julian Crouch; this co-production of the Met and English National Opera (ENO) has been created in collaboration with Improbable, McDermott and Crouch’s acclaimed London-based theater company. The Times of London praised the production as “a masterwork of theatrical intensity and integrity.” The libretto, by Glass and Constance DeJong, is taken from the Bhagavad Gita, and the opera is performed in Sanksrit.
Author: The Met
Metropolitan Opera House
Concert Halls/Venues
West 60s
Lincoln Center Plaza
Columbus Ave. b/w 62nd and 65th Streets
New York, NY 10023
212.362.6000
Site
Map
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