The legend of Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar will live forever, the latest iteration coming in the form of Brokeback Mountain: The Opera. The New York City Opera has commissioned an opera based on Annie Proulx's short story, to open in 2013.While I don't know anything about arias, I do think Andrew Lloyd Webber's I Don't Know How to Love Him from Jesus Christ Superstar fits the playbill perfectly.
I don't know how to quit him.Ha, this is easy. I should be in musical theatre!
What to do, how to split from him.
I've been changed, yes really changed.
In these past few days, when I've seen myself,
I seem like someone else.
I don't know how to take this.
I don't see why he moves me.
He's a man. He's just a man.
And I've never had a man before
In any way,
He's just one score.
The above pic is fanseelamb's Sims versions of Jack and Ennis.
Somehow I just can't see Brokeback... as an opera...a Broadway musical maybe...but not an opera...
ReplyDeleteI think what amuses me about this concept is not Brokeback as an opera, but why the New York City Opera feels it needs to delve into pop culture for a new production. It's the kind of gimmick that is likely not to please opera buffs or Brokeback fans.
ReplyDeleteA Brokeback Mountain opera?... Will it be great? I think it won't. I prefer to have a Brokeback Mountain sequel on theaters.
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