In 1954, The Tender Land at the New York City Opera was a box office flop. American composer Aaron Copland, already famous for his folkloric, cutting-edge ballet scores, Billy the Kid (1938), Rodeo (1942), and Appalachian Spring (1944, for Martha Graham), felt so humiliated, he left town the next day and abandoned opera composing. Although […] The post Aaron Copeland’s The Tender Land at In Series (review…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:28AM on October 20, 2015