Xango
Compositor: Heitor Villa Lobos
29.11.08
Satyagraha (Gandhi)
«Could an opera put virtue back on its feet or make us warriors for peace?”
Philip Glass: Satyagraha
Act 1 "Tolstoy"
Scene 1 "The Kuru Field of Justice" (início)
Scene 1"The Kuru Field of Justice" (excerto)
Scene 3 "The Vow" (excerto)
Staatsoper Stuttgart
Conductor: Dennis Russell Davis
Stage direction: Achim Freyer
Philip Glass: Satyagraha
Act 1 "Tolstoy"
Scene 1 "The Kuru Field of Justice" (início)
Scene 1"The Kuru Field of Justice" (excerto)
Scene 3 "The Vow" (excerto)
Staatsoper Stuttgart
Conductor: Dennis Russell Davis
Stage direction: Achim Freyer
25.11.08
Mishima
Excertos do filme que Paul Schrader realizou (1984) sobre a vida do escritor japonês Yukio Mishima. Banda sonora original de Philip Glass.
In 25th November, 1970, Yukio Mishima, in the ritual act of Seppuku, knelt on a carpet and plunged a dagger into his abdomen. Mishima had sacrificed his own life, a gesture of defiance against the violation of his country's dignity.