Paradise Lost (Penderecki)

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Paradise Lost is an opera in two acts , with music by Krzysztof Penderecki and an English libretto by Christopher Fry. The opera is based on the epic poem of the same name by Milton. Penderecki himself characterized the work as a Sacra Rappresentazione (sacred representation) rather than an opera.[1] He wrote the opera on commission for the 1976 US Bicentennial celebrations. The first performance was given on 29 November 1978, at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.[2] The same production was given at La Scala, Milan in 1979.[3]

The opera is set in heaven, hell, and on earth at the dawn of creation, and is divided into 42 scenes.

  1. ^ Michael Walsh. "Let the Secrets of Glory Open", Time, 12 December 1983. Retrieved on 2007-09-15. 
  2. ^ Lange, Art, "First Performances: Penderecki's Paradise Lost (March 1979). Tempo (New Ser.), 128: pp. 34-35.
  3. ^ Quinn, Daniel, "Styles in Production: Re-Visioning Opera" (1980). Performing Arts Journal, 5 (1): pp. 87-95.
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