THE DEATH OF KLINGHOFFER, (2003)

An opera based on the 1985 hijacking of the cruise ship Achille Lauro:

Brooklyn Academy of Music - Next Wave Festival, December 2003

Composed by John Adams
Libretto by Alice Goodman
Brooklyn Philharmonic; Conducted by Robert Spano
Directed by Bob McGrath
Films by Bill Morrison
The New York Virtuoso Singers; Harold Rosenbaum, Artistic Director
Projections by Laurie Olinder
Lighting design by Matt Frey
Costumes by Kaye Voyce

“This new production, described as a staged concert version, by the director Bob McGrath, in association with Ridge Theater, may offer this opera its best chance to reach audiences in the way its creators intended”.
—Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times, 12/5/03

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New York Times review (PDF)
International Herald Tribune review (PDF)

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• SHELTER, (2007)
• HENRYK GÓRECKI
• THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC
• THE DIFFICULTY OF CROSSING A FIELD, (2006)
• CARBON COPY BUILDING, (2006)
• SHELTER, (2005)
• HARRY PARTCH’S ‘OEDIPUS’, (2005)
• DECASIA LIVE, (2001-present)
• GOTHAM, (2004-present)
• JENNIE RICHEE, (2001-2004)
• THE DEATH OF KLINGHOFFER, (2003)
• HYPATIA, (2000)
• THE CARBON COPY BUILDING, (1999)
• CHARLIE IN THE HOUSE OF RUE, (1999)
• CHAOS, (1998)
• THE SANDLEWOOD BOX & THE DAMNED THING, (1998)
• ALICE IN BED, (1996)