After a memorable premiere, we invite you to re-experience the opera The Voyage by Philip Glass, one of the most famous composers of the 20th century – a huge, visually compelling work about humanity’s desire to explore and discover.

The action stretches across time and space:

Prologue: a scientist inspired by Stephen Hawking explores the cosmos from a wheelchair – a journey that takes place with his mind, not his body.

Act I: Aliens flee a black hole and land on a primordial Earth, where they encounter animalistic indigenous people.

Act II: Columbus prepares for his journey to the West, with a farewell ceremony at the Spanish Palace. Later, the nightmares and visions of his last expedition.

Act III: The society of the future embarks on another mission – to new lands, to new meanings of being.

Epilogue: a dying Columbus reflects on the cost of his actions – colonisation, destroyed civilisations.

The music has the minimalist pulse, repetition structures and meditative tension of Philip Glass.


Directed by Italian filmmaker Chiara Osella


Performed in English, Spanish and Latin (with Lithuanian subtitles)

“The Journey is an opera about all of us: wanderers, seekers, dreamers. About journeys through history, across continents, through the human interior. Don’t miss this exceptional musical event!

Duration: 3 hours 10 min.