CO2 (opera)

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CO2
Opera by Giorgio Battistelli
Librettist Robert Carsen
LanguageEnglish
Based on An Inconvenient Truth
Premiere
16 May 2015 (2015-05-16)
La Scala

CO2 is an Italian opera by Giorgio Battistelli which premiered at La Scala on May 16, 2015. [1] [2] It is based on Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth , [3] [4] and Gore was initially a character in the opera. [1] The libretto, primarily in English but containing passages in other languages, was written by Robert Carsen, who directed the production, and Ian Burton. [1]

Works with similar themes

References

  1. 1 2 3 "When opera takes on the big issues". Financial Times. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "WQXR - New York's Classical Music Radio Station". wqxr.org. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Dammann, Guy, "How do you write an opera? Aldebergh has the answer", The Guardian (November 6, 2009)
  4. ↑ Druckenbrod, Andrew (June 03, 2008). "An inconvenient opera? Gore goes operatic." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette .


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