Everest (opera)

Everest
Everest
Opera by Joby Talbot
	Summit of Mount Everest from southwest
Librettist	Gene Scheer
Language	English
Premiere	January 30, 2015; Dallas Opera Characters Jan Arnold (mezzo-soprano); Meg Weathers, young girl, (mezzo-soprano); Rob Hall (tenor); Doug Hansen (baritone); Beck Weathers (bass-baritone); Guy Cotter (baritone, enhanced with walkie-talkie effect); Mike Groom (baritone); The Dead of Everest (Choir, SATB, at least 16 singers);

Everest is a one-act opera by Joby Talbot to an English-language libretto by Gene Scheer. It was composed in 2014 and premiered on January 30, 2015, at the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House of Dallas Opera.^[1] The content deals with a real event, the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, in which several mountaineers died after a severe storm hit during their summit bids. It is based on interviews with survivors and shows in two strands the deaths of Rob Hall and Doug Hansen and the emotional world of Beck Weathers.

^ Waleson, Heidi (February 3, 2015). "Tragedy Makes for the Peak of Drama". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved November 12, 2019.