Satyagraha | Jun 25 2007- Satyagraha
Good news:
Philip Glass’s landmark 1980 work, set to text from the ancient Sanskrit scripture the Bhagavad Gita, is a moving account of Mahatma Gandhi’s formative experiences in South Africa, which transformed him into a great leader. For the opera’s Met premiere, director Phelim McDermott and designer Julian Crouch (artistic directors of London’s provocative Improbable theater company) use adventurous, improvisational puppetry, achieved by a brilliant team of aerialists, to illuminate this formative period in Gandhi’s life and work. Tenor Richard Croft (pictured) brings his crystalline timbre and musical finesse to Glass’s gently unfolding, chant-like music.
http://eventful.com/events/E0-001-004494970-2
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An opera basic on Sanskrit Bhagavad-Gita.
The bad thing is, British opera composers are mostly bad,
Purcell is an exception.
昨天看了这部歌剧，好三场既古老又现代的Meditations.
Glass的音乐其实很简单，chanting，印度风？盘旋缠绕，久不绝，有迷幻味。
背景中有托尔斯泰，泰戈尔，还有金。
唱词用的是梵语，择于《薄伽梵歌》中的一些片断。
http://www.yidian.org/viewthread.php?tid=6397&fpage=1&highlight=%B1%A1%D9%A4%E8%F3%B8%E8
http://www.yidian.org/viewthread.php?tid=6607&fpage=1&highlight=%B1%A1%D9%A4%E8%F3%B8%E8
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