The Sun Also Rises (opera)

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The Sun Also Rises is a one-act opera by Webster A. Young, based on Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises . [1] It is one of a pair of Hemingway works that Young adapted into operas. [2] The opera's libretto is by the composer, and includes direct quotations from the novel. [3] It premiered on May 7, 2000, at the Long Island Opera. [3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Barbara Delatiner (February 27, 2000). "An Opera Director's Optimistic Libretto". The New York Times . Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Webster Young". New Music Online Library. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Eichler, Jeremy (May 4, 2000). "Now It's a Papa Opera / An LI composer adapts Hemingway's 'Sun Also Rises'". Newsday . Retrieved March 30, 2014.


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