It's a Wonderful Life (opera)

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It's a Wonderful Life
Opera by Jake Heggie
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The opera's composer
Librettist Gene Scheer
Premiere
December 2, 2016 (2016-12-02)

It's a Wonderful Life is an opera by Jake Heggie to a libretto by Gene Scheer based on the 1946 film. The opera premiered at the Houston Grand Opera on December 2, 2016. [1]

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Recording

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References

  1. "How It's a Wonderful Life Became an Opera", "Composer Jake Heggie has turned the classic Christmas movie, about desperate George Bailey and Clarence the angel, into an opera—inspired by his own father's suicide."