A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera

Michael Blackwood

1986•88 min.•

United States of America

This documentary by Michael Blackwood looks at the development and production of Glass' opera Akhnaten. The film follows two productions by the Württemberg State Theater, Stuttgart, and the Houston Grand Opera.

Documentary

Cast

Philip Glass
Himself
DF
David Freeman
Himself
Achim Freyer
Himself
Constance DeJong
Herself
Dennis Russell Davies
Himself
RR
Richard Riddell
Himself
JD
John DeMain
Himself

Crew

Michael Blackwood
Directing
PK
Pamela Katz
Sound
FR
Friedrich Rauscher
Sound
PG
Peter Geismar
Editing
MH
Mead Hunt
Camera
BK
Bodo Kessler
Camera
Michael Blackwood
Production