"There is nothing like Patria in the history of Canadian musical theatre, either in ambition, scope or mythmaking potency"
William Littler, Toronto Star September 16, 2002
Here is an overview with a brief description of each work.
Arcana
Editions
Online catalogue of scores books
& recordings
IMAGES |
|
R. MURRAY SCHAFER: 1933-2021 |
Asterion 2005 |
Diana and I are forever grateful for the opportunity to have worked with Murray as designers of the Patria Cycle and to have known him as a friend for forty years.
Murray has inspired, awed, provoked and brought great joy to countless people over the course of a truly astonishing career.
Jerrard Smith |
|
For
40 years, [Murray Schafer] has been writing a huge cycle of 12 music-theater
works, collectively titled "Patria." Larger than Wagner's
"Ring" cycle or Karlheinz Stockhausen's "Licht,"
this cycle challenges the boundaries of both music and theater.
Colin Eatock New York
Times August 27, 2005
The most wildly imaginative and physically
ambitious series of music theatre works in the history of the Canadian
stage.
William
Littler, Toronto Star
|