Philip Glass (1937)

In the Penal Colony (2000)

chamber opera


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2000
    • Duration: 1 h 20 mn
    • Publisher: Dunvagen Music Publishers
    • Commission: A Contemporary Theatre (Seattle)
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Rudolph Wurlitzer d’après Franz Kafka.

Detailed formation
  • soloists: 1 solo tenor, 1 solo bass voice, 2 narrators
  • strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 31 August 2000
    Location:

    USA, Seattle, Contemporary Theatre (ACT)


    Performers:

    JoAnne Akalaitis : direction.