Brokeback Mountain (opera)

Brokeback Mountain
Opera by Charles Wuorinen
LibrettistAnnie Proulx
LanguageEnglish
Based on"Brokeback Mountain"
by Annie Proulx
Premiere
28 January 2014 (2014-01-28)
Teatro Real, Madrid
WebsiteOfficial website

Brokeback Mountain is an opera by American composer Charles Wuorinen, with a libretto in English by Annie Proulx, based on her 1997 short story "Brokeback Mountain". They began work on it in 2008 under a commission by Gerard Mortier of the New York City Opera. He took the project with him to the Teatro Real of Madrid, where the opera was premiered on January 28, 2014.