Philip Glass: Satyagraha

The cast is on the mark both vocally and physically…this release is especially recommended as a starting point to Glass’s world of music theatre. — Gramophone Magazine, October 2021 More…

Release Date: 16th Jul 2021
Catalogue No: OMM5010
Label: Orange Mountain

International Classical Music Awards

2022

Nominated - Video Performance

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Glass, P: Satyagraha

Richard Croft (tenor), Rachelle Durkin, Kim Josephson, Alfred Walker, Metropolitan Opera (opera company)
Dante Anzolini

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OMM is proud to announce the availability of Philip Glass’s opera SATYAGRAHA performed by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of Dante Anzolini, with Richard Croft as Gandhi leading a stellar cast in a depiction of Gandhi’s years in South Africa during which he developed all his tools for social transformation through non-violence. This new DVD (Region Code 0 – Worldwide) was recorded during the 2011 production of Glass’s opera as part of the Met Opera’s Live in HD Series. The DVD features a 24-page color booklet with photos from the production as well as bonus interviews with Philip Glass, the co-director of the opera Julian Crouch, members from the Skills Ensemble, and the chorus master Donald Palumbo. There are also subtitles in English, German, French, and Spanish, the since opera itself is sung in Sanskrit and much of the text is visually projected onto the scenery.

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October 2021

The cast is on the mark both vocally and physically…this release is especially recommended as a starting point to Glass’s world of music theatre.

March 2022

This is one of those rare productions that truly enhance an opera, combining with the score to create a Gesamtkunstwerk in which every element matters equally...Anzolini brings clarity to Glass’s slowly shifting textures, also finding the haunting melancholy of the music.

Philip Glass: Satyagraha

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