Philip Glass (1937)

The Voyage (1992)

opera in three acts, prologue and epilogue, for soloists, choir and orchestra


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1992
    • Duration: 2 h 35 mn
    • Publisher: Dunvagen Music Publishers
    • Commission: Metropoliatan Opera
    • Libretto (details, author):

      David Henry Hwang, sur une histoire de Philip Glass.

Detailed formation
  • soloists: 2 solo sopranos, 2 solo mezzo-sopranos, 1 solo tenor, 1 solo bass-baritone, 2 solo bass voices
  • mixed choir à 4 voix
  • 1 piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 1 bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 bass trombones, 1 tuba, 1 timpani, 4 percussionists, 1 harp, 1 electronic/MIDI keyboard/synthesizer, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 12 October 1992
    Location:

    Metropolitan Opera, en commémoration du 500e anniversaire de la découverte de l'Amérique.