Next Tuesday, Catch Satyagraha broadcast to the plaza outside the Met Opera House under the summer stars.
Glass's Satyagraha
Tuesday, August 28, 7:45 PM
Philip Glass’s landmark opera, whose Sanskrit title translates as “truth force,” explores Mahatma Gandhi’s formative years in South Africa. The visually extravagant production, starring Richard Croft, is directed and designed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch.
Styagraha features minimal subtitles. Composer Philip Glass used as his text the ancient Sanskrit scripture the Bhagavad Gita, which does not relate to the actual action taking place on stage. Glass did not wish the text to be understood—just to be heard—and to allow the actions on stage to speak for themselves.
Running Time: 2 hours 45 minutes
(Original transmission: Saturday, November 19, 2011)
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Oh I hope hope HOPE the Met do for Satyagraha what they’ve done with other HD broadcasts and release it on DVD. The DVD of the original production is dreadful beyond description. I saw this Met/ENO production four times and would love to own the DVD to remind me what it was like to see it live.