Composer Philip Glass's 'Portrait Trilogy' of operas consists of Einstein on the Beach, Akhnaten and Satyagraha with the last one focusing on whom?
Satyagraha (opera) Satyagraha (opera) Satyagraha (; Sanskrit सत्याग्रह, "satyāgraha" "insistence on truth") is a 1979 opera in three acts for orchestra, chorus and soloists, composed by Philip Glass, with a libretto by Glass and Constance DeJong. Loosely based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi, it forms the second part of Glass's "Portrait Trilogy" of operas about men who changed the world, which includes "Einstein on the Beach" and "Akhnaten". Glass's style can broadly be described as minimalist. The work is scored for 2 sopranos, 2 mezzo-sopranos, 2 tenors, a baritone, 2 basses, a large SATB chorus, and an orchestra of strings and
Einstein on the Beach the Beach". A poem by Christopher Knowles is read over the musical soprano saxophone and bass clarinet line and in the poem's meanderings, it mentions such "TV personalities" as David Cassidy. A shortened version of this piece was chosen along with three other selections from "Einstein on the Beach" to appear on another Philip Glass album "Songs from the Trilogy", which also included selections from Glass's operas "Satyagraha" and "Akhnaten". The section's title is a reference to a Carole King song of the same name, from her album "Tapestry". Two "complete" recordings of the opera have been made: the first