Based on the life of Mohandas K. Gandhi.Based on the life of Mohandas K. Gandhi.Based on the life of Mohandas K. Gandhi.
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Very interesting and altogether brilliant production
While there have been a few disappointments in the Met Live in HD series such as Tosca and Hansel and Gretel, I do very much like the series and find most of them ranging from interesting to brilliant. Satyagraha is both interesting and brilliant. Interesting because whereas with most of the opera broadcasts with the likes of the Ring Cycle, La Boheme, Don Carlo, Anna Bolena, Eugene Onegin and I Puritani I was very familiar with the music beforehand, other than knowing what to expect from Phillip Glass' very minimalist and sometimes haunting style of composition Satyagraha was new to me.
I was drawn into the music, alongside his score for The Hours Satyagraha has reassessed my opinion of Glass from not really getting into his music but acknowledging his importance in the minimalist genre into appreciating(in alternative to loving) it. There is still the haunting and hypnotic quality of his music. Even more interesting was the opera's structure, poetic and meditative in feel and divided into three acts, each based on a historical figure, Leo Tolstoy, Rabindranath Tagore and Martin Luther King, and has Gandhi as a pivotal role of the story.
And brilliant because I found the production transfixing. Right from the fanciful costumes and sets, expertly used large-scale puppetry and of course the splendid high Definition. Glass' score is brilliantly performed by the orchestra and Dante Anzolini proves why he is a leading interpreter of Glass' music. The staging is always compelling, difficult and ambitious in scale, but very impressive in look.
The performances are wonderful, with the obvious standout being the superb performance of Richard Croft as Gandhi, very moving and commanding. Kim Josephson, Rachelle Durkin and Alfred Walker support him more than solidly, all three showing good voices and a strong stage presence. Overall, brilliant and interesting production, visually stimulating with wonderful music and cast. I'm glad I watched it. 10/10 Bethany Cox
I was drawn into the music, alongside his score for The Hours Satyagraha has reassessed my opinion of Glass from not really getting into his music but acknowledging his importance in the minimalist genre into appreciating(in alternative to loving) it. There is still the haunting and hypnotic quality of his music. Even more interesting was the opera's structure, poetic and meditative in feel and divided into three acts, each based on a historical figure, Leo Tolstoy, Rabindranath Tagore and Martin Luther King, and has Gandhi as a pivotal role of the story.
And brilliant because I found the production transfixing. Right from the fanciful costumes and sets, expertly used large-scale puppetry and of course the splendid high Definition. Glass' score is brilliantly performed by the orchestra and Dante Anzolini proves why he is a leading interpreter of Glass' music. The staging is always compelling, difficult and ambitious in scale, but very impressive in look.
The performances are wonderful, with the obvious standout being the superb performance of Richard Croft as Gandhi, very moving and commanding. Kim Josephson, Rachelle Durkin and Alfred Walker support him more than solidly, all three showing good voices and a strong stage presence. Overall, brilliant and interesting production, visually stimulating with wonderful music and cast. I'm glad I watched it. 10/10 Bethany Cox
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- TheLittleSongbird
- Mar 29, 2012
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- Runtime3 hours 52 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD
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