This opera closes with a "soothing story" that "banish[es] the disturbing thoughts of the day" and "put[s] at ease our ruffled spirits."
This opera closes with a "soothing story" that "banish[es] the disturbing thoughts of the day" and "put[s] at ease our ruffled spirits." During a part of this opera taking place at a trial, its characters sing the song "I Feel the Earth Move." When this five-hour opera premiered at the Avignon Festival, the audience was free to come and go as it pleased since there is no intermission in it. This opera, in which a characters says "Mr. (*) Bojangles" 58 times, is the first entry in the so-called "Portrait Trilogy" of its composer, which also includes the operas Satyagraha and Akhenaten. Multiple solfege ("soul"-fehj) syllables are repeated in this plotless opera's "knee plays." For 10 points, name this minimalist opera composed by Philip Glass, which is named for a nuclear physicist.
This opera closes with a "soothing story" that "banish[es] the disturbing thoughts of the day" and "put[s] at ease our ruffled spirits."
Einstein on the Beach