The Perfect American

Album by Philip Glass & Dennis Russell Davies

The Perfect American is an album recording of Philip Glass’s opera about the final years of Walt Disney, based on Peter Stephan Jungk’s novel Der König von Amerika. In a minimalist, contemporary opera idiom, it explores themes of American myth‑making, mortality, and corporate power.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Perfect American - Act I: Prologue
    4:46
  2. 2.
    The Perfect American - Act I: Scene 1
    13:39
  3. 3.
    The Perfect American - Act I: Scene 2
    13:25
  4. 4.
    The Perfect American - Act I: Scene 3
    10:26
  5. 5.
    The Perfect American - Act I: Scene 4
    6:29
  6. 6.
    The Perfect American - Act I: Scene 5
    10:31

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Perfect American - Act II: Scene 1
    4:37
  2. 3.
    The Perfect American - Act II: Scene 2
    13:05
  3. 4.
    The Perfect American - Act II: Scene 3
    5:44
  4. 5.
    The Perfect American - Act II: Scene 4
    4:34
  5. 6.
    The Perfect American - Act II: Scene 5
    5:59
  6. 7.
    The Perfect American - Act II: Scene 6
    7:40
  7. 8.
    The Perfect American - Act II: Epilogue
    2:31

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