Marriages Between Zones 3, 4 & 5
1997
Info
133′
Music by Philip Glass.
Libretto by Doris Lessing.
Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers.
Commission
Commissioned by the Theater der Stadt Heidelberg.
Instrumentation
2s, 2Mz, T, 2Bar, B; SATB chorus 2(pic).2.2(Ecl).bcl.2/3.3.2btrb.1/perc (SD, TD, BD, tom-t, tgl, maracas, cow bell, hi-hat, wdbl, tamb, cym, finger cyms, cast, tam-t, xyl, t.bells, African drums, glsp, cel)/2 syn/1 vl, 1vc/ off stage chorus SATB
Premiere
May 10, 1997 at the Theater der Stadt Heidelberg.
Notes
Marriages is the 2nd part of the trilogy of opera’s based on the Canopus in Argos series of novels by Doris Lessing.
Scores
The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five at Wise Music Classical