Philip Glass (1937)

1000 Airplanes on the Roof (1988)

science fiction music drama, one-act musical theater piece


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1988
    • Duration: 1 h 30 mn
    • Publisher: Dunvagen Music Publishers
    • Commission: Donau Festival Niederoesterreich, American Music Theather Festival, Philadelphia, PA et Berlin, ville culturelle Européenne 1988.
    • Libretto (details, author):

      David Henry Hwang, projections holographiques de Jerome Sirlin’s.

Detailed formation
  • soloists: 1 actor, 1 solo soprano
  • 1 flute (also 1 bass clarinet), 1 flute (also 1 soprano saxophone), 1 soprano saxophone (also 1 alto saxophone, 1 tenor saxophone), 2 electronic/MIDI keyboards/synthesizers

Premiere information

  • Date: 5 July 1988
    Location:

    Aéroport internationnal de Vienne.