Perfect Lives (1984)

An opera for television

Set in the American Midwest, Perfect Lives is “about” bank robbery, cocktail lounges, geriatric love, adolescent elopement, the changing of the light at sundown, et al. One of the definitive text-sound compositions of the late 20th century, it has been called "the most influential music/theater/literary work of the 1980s".

Cast (4)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Robert Ashley

"R" Narrator

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“Blue” Gene Tyranny

Buddy "The World’s Greatest Piano Player"

J

Jill Kroesen

Isolde

D

David Van Tieghem

"D" The Captain of The Football Team / Chorus

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