Brokeback Mountain

The New York City Opera has announced that American composer Charles Wuorinen has accepted the City Opera’s invitation to compose an opera based on Annie Proulx’s gay cowboy-themed short story Brokeback Mountain.

Mr. Wuorinen said, “Ever since encountering Annie Proulx’s extraordinary story I have wanted to make an opera on it, and it gives me great joy that Gerard Mortier and New York City Opera have given me the opportunity to do so.”

Mr. Wuorinen, who celebrates his 70th birthday today, June 9, won a Pulitzer Prize for his electronic work Time’s Encomium in 1970. He became the youngest composer ever to receive this award. Read more…