The Photographer

The Photographer
Chamber opera by Philip Glass
The composer in 1993
Based onlife of Eadweard Muybridge
Premiere
1982 (1982)
Holland Festival, Amsterdam

The Photographer is a three-part mixed media performance accompanied by music (also sometimes referred to as a chamber opera) by composer Philip Glass. The libretto is based on the life and homicide trial of 19th-century English photographer Eadweard Muybridge. Commissioned by the Holland Festival, the opera was first performed in 1982 at the Royal Palace of Amsterdam.


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