Philip Glass
Kepler (opera)
Kepler is an opera by Philip Glass set to a libretto in German and Latin by Martina Winkel. It premiered on 20 September 2009 at the Landestheater in the Austrian city of Linz with Dennis Russell
Synopsis#
“Fragments from the life and ideas of the scientist Johannes Kepler are contrasted with segments from the story of creation and poems by Andreas Gryphius, which portray Europe during the Thirty Years War.”
Act 1#
- Prologue
- I. Questions 1
- II. Polyeder
- III. Genesis
- IV. Gryphius —Auf die Nacht (Upon the Night)
- V. Physica Coelestis
- VI. Gryphius 2
- VII. Questions 2
- VIII. Gryphius 3—Eyes. Optical Paradox
Act 2#
- I. On Astrology
- II. Gryphius 4—To the Stars
- III. Hypotheses
- IV. Gryphius 5:—Tears of the Fatherland
- V. Ephemerides
- Epilogue
- Composer
- Philip Glass