An Opera's Sound And Fury

Adam Chandler, The Atlantic
Wed, 10/22/2014 - 5:13am

In his radio days, Ed Gardner once quipped, "Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings." But what about when an opera draws blood? In a surreal and immediate confluence of opera and politics, the John Adams work “The Death of Klinghoffer,” premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City on Monday night amid considerable controversy.

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