1984 (opera)

1984
Opera by Lorin Maazel
The composer and conductor.
Librettist
LanguageEnglish
Based onNineteen Eighty-Four
by George Orwell
Premiere
3 May 2005 (2005-05-03)
Websitewww.1984theopera.com

1984 is an opera by the American conductor and composer Lorin Maazel, with a libretto by J. D. McClatchy and Thomas Meehan. The opera is based on George Orwell's 1949 dystopian novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four. It premiered on 3 May 2005 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in a production directed by Robert Lepage.