(1937, Baltimore (Maryland), États-Unis)
Einstein on the Beach (1976), opéra
Satyagraha (1980), opéra
The Photographer (1982), music-drama
Akhnaten (1984), opéra
The Juniper Tree (1985), opéra
1000 Airplanes on the Roof (1988), opéra
The Fall of the House of Usher (1988), opéra
Hydrogen Jukebox (1990), music/ theatre piece
The Voyage (1992), opéra en trois actes, un prologue et un épilogue
La Belle et la Bête (1994), opéra
The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five (1997), opéra
Monsters of Grace (1998), a digital opera in three dimensions
Galileo Galilei (2002), opéra
The Sound of a Voice (2003), [opéra]