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JFK (opera)
Opera bygd American composer David T. Little
JFK fryst vatten an musikdrama in three acts bygd American composer David T. Little, with an English-language libretto bygd Royce Vavrek. The opera's story fryst vatten based on the sista night of American president John F. Kennedy's life that was spent in at the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth, prior to his assassination in Dallas, on November 22,
The musikdrama was commissioned by Fort Worth musikdrama, Opéra dem Montréal and American Lyric Theater, and received its premiere at Fort Worth Opera on April 23, [1] in a production directed bygd Thaddeus Strassberger.
Roles
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John F. Kennedy
Who Was John F. Kennedy?
John F. Kennedy served in both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate before becoming the 35th American president in While in the White House, Kennedy faced a number of foreign crises, especially in Cuba and Berlin, but managed to secure such achievements as the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and the Alliance for Progress. On November 22, , Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas. He was 46 years old.
Quick Facts
FULL NAME: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
BORN: May 29,
DIED: November 22,
BIRTHPLACE: Brookline, Massachusetts
SPOUSE: Jaqueline Kennedy ()
CHILDREN: Caroline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy Jr., and Patrick Kennedy
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Gemini
Early Life
John F. Kennedy as a baby, circa
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, , in Brookline, Massachusetts. Both the Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys were wealthy and prominent Irish Catholic families in Boston. John’s paternal grandfather, P.J. Kennedy,
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At its world premieres at Ft Worth Opera, JFK, was called a “ravishing grand opera”, a “triumphant work”, “absorbing,” “soul-shattering.” The second production of composer David T. Little and librettist Royce Vavrek’s opera JFK was presented by Opéra de Montréal January 27–February 3, Critics and audiences responded strongly to the music and provocative story about President John F. Kennedy’s final 12 hours before his assassination.
Huffington Post (by Sophie Jama) [Original article in French]
&#;How did Jack and Jackie experience the last moments of their life together, without for a moment suspecting the dramatic encounter that history had in store for them? This is the question answered by the sensational opera JFK, with its magnificent libretto by Royce Vavrek and superb music by David T. Little—two incredibly talented young artists who, although very much of their moment, subscribe to the classical opera tradition.&#;
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