The Palace is an Opera in a prologue and three acts with music by Aulis Sallinen and libretto by Irene Dische and Hans Magnus Enzensberger. This work was commissioned by the Savonlinna Opera Festival and was first performed in Olavinlinna Castle Finland on 26 July 1995. This libretto includes a Finnish translation.Duration: approx. 2 hours.

Opera based on the poplular novel by Daphne Du Maurier. Three-act opera commissioned by Opera North and awarded an Arts Council bursary Libretto by Edward Marsh from the novel by Daphne du Maurier. It was composed in 1982.

The Libretto for Simon Holt's The Nightingale's To Blame Co-commissioned by Opera North Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and Munich Biennale

Einstein on the Beach was a seminal work of opera that broke all the rules being non-linear non-narrative episodic dreamlike and five hours long. A collaborative creation between Glass and theatrical director Robert Wilson it was described by one critic as ‘a mixture of mathematical clarity and mystical allure’. The subject of the play is the life of Albert Einstein. The subject of this book is the complete libretto as well as a description ofthe creation of the work biographies discographies lists of works photographs and complete credits for the original work. For any admirer of Philip Glass Robert Wilson or modern opera this book is a necessity.Americancomposer Philip Glass is widely known as one of the most celebrated influential and prolific of the modern composers. He is frequently referred to as a minimalist though he prefers to call himself a composer of ‘music withrepetitive structures.’ His operas including the renowned Einstein On The Beach are performed across the globe and he has created work for small and large ensembles film and experimental theatre and founded his ownperforming group The Philip Glass Ensemble.

The Libretto for this opera in two acts in English by Tan Dun and Ha Jin.First performed at the Metropolitan Opera at the Lincoln Center in New York City on 21st December 2006 conducted by the composer with PlacidoDominfgo in the title role.