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Pilipo Glass

ʻO ka mea haku mele ʻAmelika, ʻelele o kekahi o nā neʻe avant-garde, ka mea i kapa ʻia. "minimalism". Ua hoʻoikaika nui ʻia ʻo ia e nā mele India. Ua kaulana loa kekahi o kāna mau keaka. No laila, ʻo ka opera Einstein on the Beach (1976) kekahi o nā haku mele ʻAmelika i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ka Metropolitan Opera.

Ma waena o nā mea'ē aʻe: "Satyagraha" (1980, Rotterdam, e pili ana i ke ola o M. Gandhi), "Akhenaton" (1984, Stuttgart, libretto e ka mea kākau), ka mea mua i lilo i mea nui i ke ola mele o nā makahiki 80. (ma ke kikowaena o ka ʻāpana ke kiʻi o Paraʻo Akhenaten, ka mea i hōʻole i ka polygamy ma ka inoa o ke aloha iā Nefertiti a kūkulu i ke kūlanakauhale no ka hanohano o kona akua hou ʻo Aten), ʻo Journey (1992, Metropolitan Opera).

E. Tsodokov, 1999