‘Brokeback Mountain’ to be made an opera
“Ever since encountering Annie Proulx’s extraordinary story I have wanted to make an opera on it…. It gives me great joy that Gerard Mortier and New York City Opera have given me the opportunity to do so.”
Composer Charles Wuorinen who has been commissioned by the New York Opera to translate the original short story, ”Brokeback Mountain,” by author Annnie Proulx in to an opera to premiere in 2013.(Variety)
“I think it’s a marvelous idea…. And so did Annie Proulx … she liked the idea of it being an opera, and she liked the idea of Charles composing it…. He was very impressed with the movie adaptation of the short story, and he thought it would be quite marvelous as an opera. In a way, it’s a good old-fashioned love story.”
Howard Stokar, manager for Charles Wuorinen, elaborating on the development of an operatic version of ”Brokeback Mountain,” a short story about Ennis and Jack, two Wyoming cowboys who fall in love but spend much of the next 20 years in heterosexual relationships due to societal pressures, that was made into an award-winning film. (Playbill Arts)
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