Tag: The Death of Klinghoffer
'Sans Klinghoffer, The Metropolitan Opera Presale for Puccini's 'La Boheme' Up for Grabs Featuring Soprano Kristine Opolais
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'Bow Out: Chicago Radio Station WHPK-FM to Stream 'Death of Klinghoffer' After Met Opera Refuses
Since the big wigs at The Metropolitan Opera — cough, Pete Gelb — have been scared into submission, Chicago's WHPK-FM radio station will take on a simulcast of John Adams's controversial "The Death of Klinghoffer." -
'NYC Mayor de Blasio, Leon Klinghoffer's Daughters Respond to the Met's 'Death of Klinghoffer' Controversy
The Metropolitan Opera's new production of The Death of Klinghoffer, drew not only theater enthusiasts but a swarm of angry protesters, as well. The controversial performance, penned by minimalist composer John Adams, portrays the death of Leon Klinghoffer--a 69-year-old, wheelchair-bound Jewish American--by Palestinian hijackers while aboard a cruise with his wife in October 1985.