Film

Glass: The Perfect American

6.020132hMusic

Director: János Darvas
Year: 2013

The last days of the American icon Walt Disney form a powerful and poignant subject for Philip Glass's latest opera, which was filmed at its first performances in Madrid in January 2013.

Top cast

Christopher Purves

Walt Disney

David Pittsinger

Roy

Donald Kaasch

Dantine

Janis Kelly

Hazel George

Marie McLaughlin

Lillian Disney

Sarah Tynan

Sharon

Nazan Fikret

Diane

Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor

Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid

Orchestra

Directed by

János Darvas, Phelim McDermott

Written by

Rudy Wurlitzer