Sentence examples for any opera based on from inspiring English sources

Either way, the high stakes for any opera based on "Nineteen Eighty-Four" would have intimidated composers far more experienced than Mr. Maazel.

The problem is that inevitably any opera based on "Sophie's Choice" will be compared not just to Mr. Styron's remarkable novel but also to the shattering 1982 film, starring Meryl Streep in one of the greatest, bravest and most vulnerable performances in the history of cinema.

Once again he has chosen an opera based on one of America's modern literary classics.

Zweig suggested an opera based on Ben Jonson's comedy "Epicoene".

And recently he started work on an opera based on Gertrude Stein's story called "Melanctha".

I would commission an opera based on the life of the Austrian Empress Sisi.

He is composing an opera based on the "Epic of Gilgamesh".

Maybe Stewart Lee could create an opera based on this, like John Adams's Nixon in China.

Mr. Hoiby also composed an opera based on "Romeo and Juliet," which has not yet been performed.

Thomas is the librettist of "Anna Nicole," an opera based on Smith's life, with music by Mark-Anthony Turnage.

The composer had already read the novel and had begun to conceive of an opera based on the story.