THE PERFECT AMERICAN by Philip Glass | Teatro Real de Madrid
From the Teatro Real de Madrid THE PERFECT AMERICAN | by Philip Glass (with English, French and Spanish subtitles - activable in the player) Music: Philip Glass Libretto: Rudy Wurlitzer From the novel "The Perfect American" by Peter Stephan Jungk 0:01:30 Act I 1:01:45 Act II Subscribe to EuroArts: goo.gl/jrui3M At the age of 75, one of the leading figures on the 20th century music Philip Glass, who shares the podium of the minimal music with John Adams, Steve Reich and Terry Riley, is composing a new work for the Teatro Real. "The Perfect American", imagining the final months of the life of Walt Disney - the person who has, more than any other, influenced the current world of consumers. Children nowadays only see mice and ducks as Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck, thanks to the image invented for them by Walt Disney factory. In opposition to the world of happiness he devised, the existence of this perfect American was marked by an unhappy youth and a personality whose “political correctness” outdid that of even Richard Nixon. From the hand of Dennis Russell Davies, who has conducted almost all the premieres of Glass’s operas, and the stage director Phelim McDermott, we will be penetrating into the nightmare of a happy world. World Premiere, commission of the Teatro Real De Madrid and English National Opera of London. Walt Disney: Christopher Purves Roy Disney: David Pittsinger Dantine: Donald Kaasch Hazel George: Janis Kelly Lillian Disney: Marie McLaughlin Sharon: Sarah Tynan Diane: Nazan Fikret Lucy/Josh: Rosie Lomas Abraham Lincoln/A funerary worker: Zachary James Andy Warhol: John Easterlin Chuck / A doctor: Juan Noval-Moro A secretary: Beatriz de Gálvez Nurse: Noelia Buñuel Actors: The Improbable Skills Ensemble Choir and Orchestra of the Teatro Real (Coro Intermezzo and Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid) Musical Director: Dennis Russell Davies Stage Director: Phelim McDermott Sets and Costumes: Dan Potra Lighting: Jon Clark Choreography: Ben Wright Video: Leo Warner Chorus Master: Andrés Máspero TV Director: János Darvas
