FULL SATYAGRAHA (Philip Glass) Paris 2026 Anthony Roth Costanzo, Ilanah Lobel-Torres, Davóne Tines, Deepa Johnny, Nicky Spence

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Satyagraha   
• Composer: Glass Philip  
• Libretto: Philip Glass, Constance DeJong    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Palais Garnier, Opera de Paris, France  
• Recorded: April 21, 2026
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Anthony Roth Costanzo, Ilanah Lobel-Torres, Davóne Tines, Adriana Bignagni Lesca, Olivia Boen, Deepa Johnny, Amin Ahangaran, Nicky Spence, Nicolas Cavallier
• Conductor: Ingo Metzmacher  
• Orchestra: Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris  
• Chorus: Chœurs de l’Opéra national de Paris  
• Chorus Master: Ching-Lien Wu  
• Choreographer: Bobbi Jene Smith, Or Schraiber  
• Stage Director: Bobbi Jene Smith, Or Schraiber  
• Stage Designer: Christian Friedländer  
• Costume Designer: Wojciech Dziedzic  
• Lighting Designer: John Torres  

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Opera de Paris  
• Date Published: 2026  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  What is Gandhi’s influence on the contemporary political world? This is the question explored by Philip Glass’s opera Satyagraha (1980), the second in his trilogy devoted to historical figures, alongside Einstein on the Beach (1976) and Akhnaten (1984). But Satyagraha – Sanskrit for “truth force” – is not a biopic.

  This work, with its mesmerising music, interweaves timelines, relating each of its three acts to a key figure linked to Gandhi in order to better understand the genesis of his political thought: Leo Tolstoy, with whom he corresponded; the poet Rabindranath Tagore, who supported him; and Martin Luther King, who was inspired by his principles of non-violence.

  Satyagraha is entering the Paris Opera repertoire directed by Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber, who have already created the dance piece Pit. For them, this opera “is not simply a meditation on history, but a call to action and a forceful lesson that rings ever more true today.”

  Quoted from Opera de Paris

   

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