Dolores Claiborne (opera)

Dolores Claiborne
Opera by Tobias Picker
LibrettistJ. D. McClatchy
LanguageEnglish
Based onStephen King's Dolores Claiborne
Premiere
September 18, 2013 (2013-09-18)

Dolores Claiborne is an opera in two acts composed by Tobias Picker to a libretto by J. D. McClatchy. Based Stephen King's 1992 novel Dolores Claiborne, the opera was commissioned by the San Francisco Opera and premiered in San Francisco on September 18, 2013.[1][2][3][4] In 2017, the New York City Opera performed the world premiere of a new chamber version of the opera at the 59E59 Theater A, directed by Michael Capasso.[5] In 2019, it was produced by the Boston University Opera Institute.[6][7]

  1. ^ Swed, Mark (September 23, 2013). "Review: San Francisco Opera's Dolores Claiborne moody but conventional". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  2. ^ Kosman, Joshua (September 19, 2013). "Opera review: Dolores Claiborne". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved May 27, 2014
  3. ^ Rowe, Georgia. "Dolores Claiborne". Opera News. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
  4. ^ Martinfield, Sean (September 25, 2013). "Tobias Picker's Dolores Claiborne – A Daring World Premier at San Francisco Opera". The Huffington Post. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
  5. ^ "New York City Opera Presents Dolores Claiborne this Month", BroadwayWorld, September 28, 2017
  6. ^ "Tobias Picker & Janacek Headline Boston University Opera Institute Spring 2019 Operas". Opera Wire. February 21, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  7. ^ "CFA Tackles Tobias Picker Opera Based on a Stephen King Novel". Boston University. Retrieved November 24, 2020.