Work Information
Philip Glass : the CIVIL warS: a tree is best measured when it is down. ACT V - Rome Section
| commissioned by the Opera di Roma |
| Publisher |
Dunvagen Music Publishers Inc |
Category |
Opera and Music Theatre |
| Sub-Category |
Operetta / Musical Theatre |
Year Composed |
1984 |
| Duration |
2 Hours |
Solo Voice(s) |
Soprano, Mezzo soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Bass, 2 speaking parts (M&F) |
| Chorus |
SATB |
Orchestration |
2(pic).2.2(bcl).2/4.3.2+btbn.1/timp.3perc/hp/str |
| Languages |
Latin, Italian, English |
Availability |
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Programme Note
Part of Robert Wilson's multi-composer epic for the Olympic Games of 1984, the Rome Section of the "the CIVIL warS" is a unit all its own, non-narrative, and portrays the future, the present, the past (both near and distant), and the legendary - all existing simultaneously. The opera is symbolic, metaphysical, realistic, metaphorical, and its staging ranges from ancient Athens to the spaceship-filled future of the human race.
© Philip Glass
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