Hearing The Pulitzers

Episode 58 - 2000: Lewis Spratlan, Life is a Dream, Opera in Three Acts: Act II, Concert Version

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In this episode, Dave and Andrew talk about a curious winner for the year 2000 since it was originally composed 25 years earlier! What will they think about this blast from the past? It's also the first opera to win the Pulitzer Prize in many decades.

 

If you'd like more information about Lewis Spratlan, we recommend:

  1. This video of Spratlan talking about the origins of the opera before the full premiere by the Santa Fe Opera.
  2. This video of Spratlan detailing the opera's history with the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
  3. A. Robert Lauer's article "The Santa Fe Opera’s Life Is a Dream" Bulletin of the Comediantes, Volume 63, Number 2 (2011): 155-60.
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