It's a Wonderful Life (opera)
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| Opera by Jake Heggie | |
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| Librettist | Gene Scheer |
| Premiere | December 2, 2016 |
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]
Recording[]
- William Burden (George Bailey), Andrea Carroll (Mary Hatch); Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, conductor: Patrick Summers, Pentatone
References[]
- ^ "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."
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Categories:
- Operas
- 2016 operas
- Christmas operas
- English-language operas
- Operas based on films
- Operas by Jake Heggie
- Operas set in the United States