Premiering March 19th, 2021
The iconic film-turned-opera gets the LA Opera On Now treatment.
The compelling adaptation of Lars Von Trier's 1996 cinematic masterpiece will have an emotional online premiere March 19th, 2021. After a near-fatal accident leaves Bessʼs new husband, Jan, paralyzed, he implores her to take lovers (quite the ask). Torn between her husbandʼs wishes and the traditional values of her small community, she determinedly follows her faith to a tragic end.
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Bess asks permission from the Church Elders to marry outsider Jan.
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Bess prays to God to bring Jan home from the rig.
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Jan and Bess prepare for their wedding day.
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Bess realizes she must “complete the task” in order to save Jan.
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The oil workers toil on the rig.
Nicholas Korkos for Opera PhiladelphiaWinner of the 2017 award for “Best New Opera” by the Music Critics Association of North America, groundbreaking composer Missy Mazzoli's first large-scale opera is already recognized as one of the most powerful music-theater pieces of our time.
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