Philip Glass (1937)

Satyagraha (1980)

opera in three acts, for soloists, choir and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1980
    • Duration: 3 h
    • Publisher: Dunvagen Music Publishers
    • Commission: ville de Rotterdam
    • Libretto (details, author):

      livret en Sanskrit du compositeur et de Constance DeJong adapté du Bhagavad-Gita.

Detailed formation
  • soloists: 2 solo sopranos, 2 solo mezzo-sopranos, 2 solo tenors, 1 solo baritone, 2 solo bass voices
  • mixed choir à 4 voix
  • 3 flutes, 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 1 electric organ, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 5 September 1980
    Location:

    Rotterdam


    Performers:

    le Netherlands Opera et le Utrechts Symfonie Orkest, direction : Christopher Keene.