Detroit, MI (Satyagraha)

https://detroitopera.org/show/satyagraha/

A transcendent visual and sound meditation.

Satyagraha
Composed by Phillip Glass
Libretto by Constance DeJong

Detroit Opera presents an unprecedented operatic experience, extending beyond the stage into a transcendent visual and sound meditation. Satyagraha draws inspiration from Mahatma Gandhi’s formative years in South Africa (1893–1914), where he first forged the philosophy of non-violent resistance, Satyagraha or “truth-force”, in response to the oppressive “Black Act.” Phillip Glass frames each act of his sweeping score with three iconic guardians, Count Leo Tolstoy, Rabindranath Tagore, and Martin Luther King, Jr., their presence felt more than seen.

For this production, all seating is reserved in the balcony to elevate you above the stage, where the visual and sonic architecture are revealed in their fullest dimension. From this height, the opera becomes a panoramic dream.

Satyagraha transforms Mahatma Gandhi’s formative years in South Africa into a transcendent meditation on truth, resistance, and spiritual force. From the balcony, audiences experience Philip Glass’s sweeping score and the production’s visual architecture as a panoramic dream that reaches beyond the stage.