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DESCRIPTION:Apr 19-26\, 2026\nCelebrated for the psychosexual crosscurrents
  of Call Me By Your Name\, the filmmaker Luca Guadagnino makes his debut a
 t the venerable Maggio Musicale Fiorentino festival as director and design
 er of The Death of Klinghoffer. The composer John Adams and the librettist
  Alice Goodman’s encore after the easy-to-love graphic-novel-in-music Ni
 xon in China\, this latter-day Passion play dramatizes the hijacking of th
 e Achille Lauro\, an Italian cruise ship\, by members of the Palestinian L
 iberation Front and the murder of the elderly American-Jewish tourist they
  threw overboard in his wheelchair.”An immense work\,” Guadagnino has 
 called it\, noting how it probes the mythic roots of contemporary horrors.
  Daniel Okulitch sings the central role of the Captain\, a man of conscien
 ce cast into powerlessness. Joshua Bloom appears as Rambo\, leader of the 
 pirate crew. Janetka Moşco provides a flash of giddy cluelessness as the 
 vacationing British Dancing Girl. The victim Leon Klinghoffer’s surprisi
 ngly brief role falls to the veteran Laurent Naouri\, with Susan Bullock a
 s Marilyn Klinghoffer\, his wife\, the most eloquent player in this mournf
 ully even-handed yet incendiarymasterpiece\, which has scandalized (and co
 ntinues to scandalize) Jewish and Palestinian sensibilities alike. Such\, 
 indeed\, was the outcry at the time of the premiere that the composer seri
 ously considered never venturing into opera again.Performances remain rare
  and are often plagued by protests. According to The Guardian\, people tol
 d Guadagnino he was out of his mind to take it on. In view especially of c
 urrent headlines\, they may be right in their pusillanimous way. Gaudagnin
 o’s the brave soul this material deserves.
LOCATION:Maggio Musicale Fiorentino\, Piazza Vittorio Gui\, 1\, 50144 Firen
 ze FI\, Italy
SUMMARY:The Death of Klinghoffer
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