How Landmark LGBT Movie ‘Brokeback Mountain’ Became an Opera

E. Annie Proulx wrote the libretto. Composer Charles Wuorinen and director Jacopo Spirei reveal how they set Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger’s tragic gay love story to music.

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Published May 29 2018 4:40AM EDT 

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