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Galileo Galilei
An opera in ten scenes for orchestra and soloists (2001) 93'
Music by Philip Glass
Libretto by Mary Zimmerman with Philip Glass and Arnold Weinstein
CAST:
2S, Mz, C-Ten, Ten, B-Bar, 3Bar;
COMMISSION:
The Goodman Theatre
PREMIERE:
June 24, 2002 at Albert Ivar Goodman Theatre in Chicago
SYNOPSIS:
Drawing from letters of Galileo and his family, and various other documents,
this opera retrospectively journeys through Galileo's life. Opening with
him as an old, blind man after the trial and Inquisition for his heresy,
it explores his religiosity as well as his break with the church, and expands
into the greater, oscillating relationship of science to both religion
and art, reaching its end with Galileo -as an infant- watching an opera
composed by his father.
NOTES:
Galileo Galilei is the 18th opera by Philip Glass. In ten scenes, it is adapted
from the life of the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642) accused
heretic by the Inquisition.
PUBLISHER:
Dunvagen Music Publishers
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