| Harvey Milk | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Stewart Wallace | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Harvey_Milk_in_1978_at_Mayor_Moscone%27s_Desk_crop.jpg) The opera's protagonist, gay activist and politician Harvey Milk, photographed in 1978 | |
| Librettist | Michael Korie |
| Premiere | January 21, 1995 |
Harvey Milk is an American opera with music by Stewart Wallace and libretto by Michael Korie, based on the life and death of the American gay activist and politician Harvey Milk, who was assassinated along with San Francisco mayor George Moscone on 27 November 1978.[1] The opera was originally in 3 acts, and was a joint commission by Houston Grand Opera, New York City Opera, and San Francisco Opera, and received its premiere on 21 January 1995 by Houston Grand Opera. A revised version in 2 acts received its premiere on 11 June 2022 by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.
- ^ K. Robert Schwarz (1995-04-02). "A Brash Opera Holds a Mirror To Gay Life In America". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-05-28.