Madrigal Opera

A chamber opera in four parts for six voices, violin and viola

1980

Info

60′

Music by Philip Glass.
Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers.

Commission

Commissioned by the Holland Festival.

Instrumentation

S, Mz, Alto, T, Bar, B, 1vn (va)

Premiere

June 1980 at the Holland Festival.

Notes

The work, written for the Dutch theater artist Rob Malasch, was conceived as an abstract music theater work which would then 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.

Scores

A Madrigal Opera at Wise Music Classical