The Perfect American

Composer: Glass, Philip

Librettist/Text Author: Wurlitzer, Rudy

Conductor: Davies, Dennis Russell

Orchestra: Madrid Teatro Real Orchestra

Ensemble: Improbable

Chorus: Madrid Teatro Real Chorus

Chorus Master: Maspero, Andres

A Nurse: Bunuel, Noelia

A Secretary: Galvez, Beatriz de

Abraham Licoln / Employee of the Mortuary: James, Zachary

Andy Warhol: Easterlin, John

Chuck / A Doctor: Noval-Moro, Juan

Dantine: Kaasch, Donald

Diane: Fikret, Nazan

Hazel George: Kelly, Janis

Lillian Disney: McLaughlin, Marie

Lucy / Josh: Lomas, Rosie

Roy: Pittsinger, David

Sharon: Tynan, Sarah

Walt Disney: Purves, Christopher

Set Designer: Potra, Dan

Costume Designer: Potra, Dan

Lighting Designer: Clark, Jon

Choreographer: Wright, Ben

Stage Director: McDermott, Phelim

Television Director: Darvas, Janos

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Date of Production: 02-2013

Venue: Teatro Real, Madrid

Playing Time: 01:50:57

Catalogue Number: EuroArts5957

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At the age of 75, one of the leading figures on the 20th century music, Philip Glass, is composing a new work for the Teatro Real. The Perfect American, imagining the final months of the life of Walt Disney - the person who has, more than any other, influenced the current world of consumers. Children nowadays only see mices and ducks as Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck, thanks to the image invented for them by Walt Disney factory. In opposition to the world of happiness he devised, the existence of this perfect American was marked by an unhappy youth and a personality whose "political correctness" outdid that of even Richard Nixon.

From the hand of Dennis Russell Davies, who has conducted almost all the premieres of Glass's operas, and the stage director Phelim McDermott, we will be penetrating into the nightmare of a happy world. World Premiere, commission of the Teatro Real De Madrid and English National Opera of London.