1000 Airplanes On The Roof Review

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1000 airplanes on the roof review.

4 5 out of 5 stars 16 customer ratings. Review by john young. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Since glass took to the stage and screen as his main career in the 1980s he s repeated chord.

So happy to have it with me because this is my music that puts me into deep slumber. I have the tape of 1000 airplanes on the roof but now i have the cd. Start your review of 1000 airplanes on the roof. A science fiction music drama.

The performance featured vocals by linda ronstadt and was condu. The work was commissioned by the donau festival krems an der donau the american music theater festival philadelphia and west berlin city council in 1988. Amazon best sellers rank. Mon 19 sep 2011 13 20 edt.

First published on mon 19 sep 2011. Compared to such weighty masterpieces as einstein on the beach or satyagraha or even my recent favourite civil wars this music drama is insignificant and worthless with music that would make critics of glass work in general shudder with horror. Jordan west rated it really liked it. 1000 airplanes on the roof is a melodrama in one act by philip glass which featured text by david henry hwang and projections by jerome sirlin.

1000 airplanes on the roof is one of the lesser philip glass creations. This collaboration with playwright david henry hwang and visual artist jerome sirlin premiered in a viennese airport hangar in 1988 and it beats john adams. It is described by glass as a science fiction music drama. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 1989 cd release of 1000 airplanes on the roof on discogs.

286 396 in cds vinyl see top 100 in cds vinyl. Stars 4 out of 5 stars. National museum of flight east fortune. Find release reviews and credits for 1000 airplanes on the roof.

The opera premiered on july 15 1988 at the vienna airport in hangar 3.