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A Madrigal Opera
A chamber opera in four parts for six voices, violin and viola (1980) 35'
Music by Philip Glass
CAST:
S, Mz, Alto, T, Bar, B, 1vn (va)
COMMISSION:
Commissioned by the Holland Festival
PREMIERE:
June 1980 at the Holland Festival
NOTES:
The work, written for the Dutch theater artist Rob Malasch, is conceived
as and abstract music theater work which would the be "completed" by
the various future directors. It is for this reason that though the work
has a clear emotional shape, it has no specific theatrical content.
PUBLISHER:
Dunvagen Music Publishers