The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 by Doris Lessing

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L i b r e t t o
The Making of the Representative for Planet 8
An Opera in Three Acts
by Philip Glass and Doris Lessing
Based on the novel by Doris Lessing
Co-commissioned by the Houston Grand Opera, English National Opera,
Amsterdam Music Theatre and Kiel Opera House.
Year First Published: 1988
Published by: Dunvagen Music Publishers Inc.
Category: Drama
This Edition: American first edition

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CAST
ALSI, a young woman NONNI, a young man DOEG, Memory Maker and Keeper of Records JOHOR, Canopean Agent RIVALIN, Custodian of the Lake KLIN, Fruit Maker BRATCH, Representative for Health MASSON, the Builder PEDUG, Representative for Education MARL, Keeper of the Herds CHAMBER CHOIR	Soprano Tenor Baritone Bass Soprano Mezzo-Soprano Alto Tenor Baritone Bass Mixed Voices
THE ORCHESTRA
2 Flutes (1 Piccolo) 2 Bb Clarinets 1 Bb Bass Clarinet/ Eb Clarinet 2 Oboes 2 Bassoons 3 Bb Trumpets 4 F Horns	2 Trombones 1 Bass Trombone 1 Tuba Violins I & II Viola Violincello String Bass Harp Percussion (3 players)

As the story begins, we see Planet 8 as a green world - temperate, full of light, friendly, an Eden of innocence. This is Planet 8 just before the cosmological accident which will shift its poles in relation to the sun, bringing about the disastrous change of climate that results in the slow freezing and final icing over of the planet.

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D o r i s L e s s i n g

L i b r e t t o The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 An Opera in Three Acts by Philip Glass and Doris Lessing Based on the novel by Doris Lessing Co-commissioned by the Houston Grand Opera, English National Opera, Amsterdam Music Theatre and Kiel Opera House.

L i b r e t t o
The Making of the Representative for Planet 8
An Opera in Three Acts
by Philip Glass and Doris Lessing
Based on the novel by Doris Lessing
Co-commissioned by the Houston Grand Opera, English National Opera,
Amsterdam Music Theatre and Kiel Opera House.