NEW YORK (AP) — A Ukrainian composer has been commissioned to write an opera about mothers from that country going into Russia to rescue their forcibly detained children.
The Metropolitan Opera and Lincoln Center Theater said Monday that 42-year-old Maxim Kolomiiets will compose the work to a libretto by George Brant, whose “Grounded” with composer Jeanine Tesori premieres at the Washington National Opera on Oct. 28 and travels to the Met in the autumn of 2024.
Met general manager Peter Gelb hopes the company can present the new work by 2027 or '28.
A piano-vocal score and libretto will be written in the next year or two and a workshop prepared.
“It's my hope it will end up as a full-blown opera and hopefully on our stage,” Gelb said.
Persons:
Maxim Kolomiiets, George Brant, Jeanine Tesori, Peter Gelb, Vladimir Putin, Maria Lvova, Gelb, Olena, Kolomiiets, Met dramaturg Paul Cremo, ” Gelb, Anna Netrebko, Keri, Lynn Wilson, “
Organizations:
Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center, Washington National Opera, Met, Orchestra, Lynn Wilson . Works
Locations:
Ukrainian, Russia, Ukraine, The Hague, Russian, New York