A scene from of this opera takes place against a black background and consists of a long horizontal bar of white light being slowly raised to vertical, and then lifted up out of the stage. This opera's instrumentation consists of three woodwind players, two electric organists, and one violinist. Near its very end, a bus driver declares "The day with its cares and perplexities is ended and the night is now upon us." This opera uses a chorus that exclusively counts beats and sings solfege, and contains scenes such as "Bed," "Train," and "Trial." This opera forms a trilog
A scene from of this opera takes place against a black background and consists of a long horizontal bar of white light being slowly raised to vertical, and then lifted up out of the stage. This opera's instrumentation consists of three woodwind players, two electric organists, and one violinist. Near its very end, a bus driver declares "The day with its cares and perplexities is ended and the night is now upon us." This opera uses a chorus that exclusively counts beats and sings solfege, and contains scenes such as "Bed," "Train," and "Trial." This opera forms a trilogy with the operas Satyagraha and Akhnaten, and features five intermezzos called "knee plays." For 10 points, name this minimalist opera by Philip Glass named for a physicist.