Hoping for the best, cowboys.
An operatic adaptation of Brokeback Mountain, Annie Proulx’s short story which also inspired the 2005 film, is set to open at Madrid’s Teatro Real later this month.
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In case you're having difficulty fully comprehending this news, let's repeat: Brokeback Mountain has been reinvented as an opera.
The show will debut in Madrid on January 28th and run a total of eight times through February 11th.
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I'm sure you have some questions, such as: How do you bring a story that's set in the American wilderness onto the stage?
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Composer Charles Wuorinen completed the opera in 2012 after exploring the Wyoming mountains with the author Annie Proulx, who also wrote the libretto for the opera.
You can listen to some of his music here.
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