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New York City Opera Will Present the U.S. Premiere of Brokeback Mountain in 2018
Posted 6.15.2017
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The operatic adaptation of the 2005 film was originally commissioned by the company nearly a decade ago.
Daniel Okulitch and Tom Randle in the Teatro Real production of Brokeback Mountain (Javier del Real)
New York City Opera will present the U.S. premiere of Charles Wuorinen’s operatic adaptation of Brokeback Mountain as part of its new season. Performances will run May 31 and June 2–4, 2018, at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater.
The opera, based on the 2005 Ang Lee film of the same name, made its world premiere in 2014 at Madrid’s Teatro Real; it was originally commissioned by NYCO in 2008 before the company shut down in 2013.
Click here for the full article published on Playbill.com by Ryan McPhee on May 24, 2017.