Satygraha
Opera in three acts
Libretto
Philip Glass und Constance De Jong
Premiere
5 September 1980, Rotterdam (Stadsschouwburg)
Cast
MISS SCHLESEN (soprano)
MRS NAIDOO (soprano)
KASTURBAI (mezzo-soprano)
M.K. GHANDI (tenor)
MR KALLENBACH (baritone)
PARSI RUSTOMJI (bass)
MRS ALEXANDER (contralto)
ARJUNA (tenor)
KRISHNA (bass)
COUNT LEO TOLSTOI (silent)
RABINDRANATH TAGORE (silent)
MARTIN LUTHER KING (silent)
CHORUS
Two hostile armies (Indians and Europeans), an Indian crowd, 8 European men,
Place
South Africa
Time
1893 - 1913