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BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN BY CHARLES WUORINEN U.S. PREMIERE
NEW PRODUCTION
The U.S. premiere of Charles Wuorinen and Annie Proulx’s operatic adaptation of Brokeback Mountain opened May 31 at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater. The New York City Opera production continues through June 4.
Directed by Jacopo Spirei, the production stars Daniel Okulitch as Ennis del Mar, Glenn Seven Allen as Jack Twist, Heather Buck as Alma Beers, and Hilary Ginther as Lureen. Kazem Abdullah conducts.
After successful premieres in Europe, this intrinsically American work exploring conflict between love and identity finally debuts in the U.S. Inspired by the 2005 film directed by Ang Lee, American composer Charles Wuorinen approached Annie Proulx to adapt her story into the libretto for Brokeback Mountain. The work was originally commissioned by New York City Opera in 2008 but ultimately premiered at Madrid’s Teatro Real in 2014. This production, conducted by American conductor Kazem Abdullah, will be the opera’s U.S. premiere. Following City Opera’s production of the New York premiere of Eötvös’s Angels in America in June 2017, Brokeback Mountain will be the second effort in the company’s initiative to celebrate LGBT Pride.
For more visit: https://nycopera.com/brokeback-mountain
Photo: Glenn Seven Allen and Daniel Okulitch. ©2018 Sarah Shatz.
2018-05-31
New York: Ottawa-born Daniel Okulitch stars in the opera "Brokeback Mountain" May 31-June 4