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"Brokeback Mountain" becoming an opera.

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06092008_brokebackmountain.jpgFrom BBC News:

Brokeback Mountain, the story by Annie Proulx that became the basis for an Oscar-winning film, is to be made into an opera. The New York City Opera has commissioned Charles Wuorinen to compose an opera based on the 1997 short story.

The opera is scheduled to premiere in spring 2013, the company said.

Upcoming operas adapted from films:

"The Fly," based on David Cronenberg's 1986 film, is set to have its world premiere in Paris on July 2nd.

Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" is, fascinatingly, being adapted by composer Giorgio Battistelli to become part of the 2011 season at Milan's La Scala.

And "Dancer in the Dark," already halfway there, is being adapted by composer Poul Ruders and librettist Henrik Engelbrecht for the 2010-2011 season of the Denmark Royal Theater.

[Photo: "Brokeback Mountain," Focus Features, 2005]

+ Brokeback Mountain set for opera (BBC)

Tags: an inconvenient truth, brokeback mountain, dancer in the dark, opera, the fly

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