Philip Glass (1937)
Monsters of Grace (1997)
three-dimensional digital opera for soloists and ensemble, collaboration with Robert Wilson
stage work
- General information
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Composition date:
1997
- Duration: 1 h 10 mn
- Publisher: Dunvagen Music Publishers
- Commission: UCLA Center for the Performing Arts, Los Angeles, California (USA); Arizona State University Public Events, Tempe, Arizona (USA); The Barbican Centre, London (UK); The Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York (USA); Change Performing Arts/Festival su
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Libretto (details, author):
Coleman Barks d’après Jalaluddin Rumi.
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Composition date:
1997
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [2 solo voices or more and ensemble of up to 9 instruments]
Detailed formation
- soloists: 1 solo soprano, 1 solo mezzo-soprano, 1 solo baritone
- 3 pianos, 1 flute (also 1 bass flute, 1 clarinet, 1 soprano saxophone), 1 tenor saxophone (also 1 soprano saxophone, 1 alto saxophone), 1 flute (also 1 piccolo, 1 bass flute, 1 soprano saxophone)
Premiere information
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Date:
15 April 1998
Location:Los Angeles, UCLA, Royce Hall
Performers:l'ensemble Philip Glass.