A play by Peter Handke inspired that opera by this composer, The Lost.
One opera by this composer features cameos from Moses, Salome, Medea, and Oedipus in its second act, and features characters repeatedly asking in German "Where are We?" A play by Peter Handke inspired that opera by this composer, The Lost. In another of his operas, bells in A minor play as the title countertenor honors men who "came forth from" a certain figure's "two eyes" while at the "Window of Appearances"; that opera by him ends with a scene depicting ruins, and the narrator intoning "There is nothing left of this (*) glorious city" to a group of tourists. A woman repeatedly utters "Mr. Bojangles" during a trial in another opera by this composer. Voices utter solfege nonsensically during the "knee plays" of that opera by this composer. For 10 points, name this composer whose "Portrait Trilogy" includes Akhenaten and Einstein on the Beach.
One opera by this composer features cameos from Moses, Salome, Medea, and Oedipus in its second act, and features characters repeatedly asking in German "Where are We?"
Philip Morris Glass