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'''CNN opera''' is a |
A '''CNN opera''' is a contemporary [[opera]] taking news events as a theme or a classical opera transposed to a contemporary setting. The somewhat deprecatory term ''CNN opera'' alludes to Cable News Network, [[CNN]]. |
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Operas that have been referred to as a ''CNN opera'' include: |
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*''[[Nixon in China (opera)|Nixon in China]]'' by [[John Adams (composer)|John Adams]]<ref name=NYT>[https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/28/us/writers-enchanted-by-the-freedom-of-opera.html "Writers Enchanted by the Freedom of Opera"] by Dinitia Smith, ''[[The New York Times]]'' (28 September 1995)</ref><ref>[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/02/opera-review-nixon-in-china-at-the-metropolitan-opera.html "Opera review: ''Nixon in China'' at the Metropolitan Opera"] by Mark Swed, ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' (13 February 2011)</ref> |
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*[[Nixon in China (opera)|Nixon in China]] by [[John Coolidge Adams|John Adams]] |
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*[[The Death of Klinghoffer]], also by John Adams |
*''[[The Death of Klinghoffer]],'' also by John Adams<ref name=NYT /> |
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*''[[X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X]]'' by [[Anthony Davis (composer)|Anthony Davis]]{{Citation needed|date=April 2012}} |
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*[[Harvey Milk (opera)|Harvey Milk]] composed by [[Stewart Wallace]] |
*''[[Harvey Milk (opera)|Harvey Milk]]'', composed by [[Stewart Wallace]], [[libretto]] by [[Michael Korie]]<ref name=NYT /> |
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| ⚫ | Perhaps because of his association with Adams and a record of modern transpositions, some of the output of director [[Peter Sellars]] has also been referred to as ''CNN opera''.<ref>[http://www.ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=music&article=127 "Mind-altering Mozart: Peter Sellars' famous stagings of three operas now out on DVD"] by Tim Pfaff, ''[[Bay Area Reporter]]'' (23 March 2006), a review dismissing Sellar's setting of ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]'' in the [[Trump Tower]], as "the "CNN Opera" Sellars' detractors dismissed them all as".</ref> |
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Perhaps because of his association with Adams and record of modern transpositions, the phrase is also directed at some of the output of director [[Peter Sellars]]. |
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*[http://www.portlandopera.org/2005/nixon/about.shtml A Great American Opera], a review of Nixon in China, makes reference to CNN operas |
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Latest revision as of 02:59, 29 December 2017
A CNN opera is a contemporary opera taking news events as a theme or a classical opera transposed to a contemporary setting. The somewhat deprecatory term CNN opera alludes to Cable News Network, CNN.
Operas that have been referred to as a CNN opera include:
- Nixon in China by John Adams[1][2]
- The Death of Klinghoffer, also by John Adams[1]
- X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X by Anthony Davis[citation needed]
- Harvey Milk, composed by Stewart Wallace, libretto by Michael Korie[1]
Perhaps because of his association with Adams and a record of modern transpositions, some of the output of director Peter Sellars has also been referred to as CNN opera.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Writers Enchanted by the Freedom of Opera" by Dinitia Smith, The New York Times (28 September 1995)
- ^ "Opera review: Nixon in China at the Metropolitan Opera" by Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times (13 February 2011)
- ^ "Mind-altering Mozart: Peter Sellars' famous stagings of three operas now out on DVD" by Tim Pfaff, Bay Area Reporter (23 March 2006), a review dismissing Sellar's setting of The Marriage of Figaro in the Trump Tower, as "the "CNN Opera" Sellars' detractors dismissed them all as".