THE CAVE Planning : NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC] Supervisor : Akira ASADA Editors : Masaki SEKIGUCHI, Hideo HONDA, Hironori WATANABE Design : Hiroshi NAKAJIMA(Plank) Editorial Assistance : Shun'ichi SHIBA, Satoshi FUKUOKA(Conversation)$B!"(JKeizo MAEDA(Conversation) Thanks to : Naoko SHINOGI Publisher : YOSHIDA Hajimu Published by : NTT Publishing Co., Ltd. Printing/Binding : Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. 08 Biographies of Beryl Korot and Steve Reich 10 A Preface to The Cave : The Rebirth of Opera through Documentary Video Akira Asada 12 Beryl Korot and Steve Reich on The Cave Interviewer : Jonathon Cott 18 From Antiquity to the Future : The Cave Brings Music Theater into the 21st Century K. Robert Schwarz 22 Viewing The Cave : Korot's Vision of Multiples William D. Judson 30 Libretto 32 ACT I 52 ACT II 66 ACT III 68 Music/Technology/History: An interview with Steve Reich Akira Asada 92 Contemporary Opera and the Music of Steve Reich Toshi Ichiyanagi 94 The Cave: Video Installation Go To EXHIBITION CATALOGS