Glass: The Perfect American - Walt Disney & Abraham Lincoln - HD

Excerpt from Philip Glass’s latest opera, The Perfect American, telling the story of Walt Disney. World Premiere at the Teatro Real Madrid Webcast live on Philip Glass composer Dennis Russell Davies music director Phelim Mc Dermott stage director Dan Potra set designer, costume designer Jon Clark lightings Ben Wright choreographer Leo Warner (59 Productions) video Andrés Maspero chorus master Christopher Purves (Walt Disney) David Pittsinger (Roy) Donald Kaasch (Dantine) Janis Kelly (Hazel George) Marie McLaughlin (Lillian Disney) Sarah Tynan (Sharon) Nazan Fikret (Diane) Rosie Lomas (Lucy / Josh) Zachary James (Abraham Licoln / Employee of the mortuary) John Easterlin (Andy Warhol) Juan Noval-Moro (Chuck / A doctor) Beatriz de Gálvez (A secretary) Noelia Buñuel (A nurse) The Improbable Skills Ensemble (Actors) Coro y Orquesta titular del Teatro Real (Coro Intermezzo y Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid) TV director : János Darvas Production: A coproduction Idéale Audience, EuroArts, Teatro Real, WDR/Arte, TVE and NHK. With the participation of MUSEEC/ and France Télévisions.