Located in the UK
Located in the USA
Located in Europe
- Philip Glass
The Perfect American (2011)
- Dunvagen Music Publishers Inc (World)
Commissioned by Teatro Real Madrid
Libretto (English) based on the book by Peter Stephen Jungk.
Cast:
- Diane - Soprano
- Sharon - Soprano
- Hazel - Soprano
- Lillian - Soprano
- Lucy (young girl) - Soprano
- Josh (young boy) - Soprano
- Dantine - Tenor
- Roy - Baritone
- Walt - Bass Baritone
- Abraham Lincoln - Bass
- Secretary - Soprano
- Nurse - Mezzo Soprano
- Doctor - Tenor
- 2+pic.2(ca).2+cbcl(bcl).2/4.3.2+btbn.1/timp.5perc/cel.pf.hp/bgtr/str
- 6S, 2Mz, 2T, Bar, B-Bar, B
- 1 hr 40 min
- Rudy Wurlitzer
- English
Programme Note
SYNOPSIS
An opera based on the novel, "The Perfect American” by Peter Jungk, a fictionalized biography of Walt Disney during his final months, narrated by an Austrian cartoonist who worked for Disney in the 1950s, we discover Disney’s delusions of immortality and get a glimpse into his private life.
An opera based on the novel, "The Perfect American” by Peter Jungk, a fictionalized biography of Walt Disney during his final months, narrated by an Austrian cartoonist who worked for Disney in the 1950s, we discover Disney’s delusions of immortality and get a glimpse into his private life.