Lizzie Borden (opera)

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Lizzie Borden is the sixth and best known opera by American composer Jack Beeson, commissioned by the Ford Foundation. The libretto by Kenward Elmslie after a scenario by Richard Plant is based on the real-life case of Lizzie Borden.

It was premiered on March 25, 1965, by the New York City Opera conducted by Anton Coppola and subsequently released on record.first on CRI, later New World Records #NWCR694 The roughly two-hour opera is in three acts and an epilogue and is published by Boosey & Hawkes.[https://www.boosey.com/pages/cr/catalogue/cat_detail?musicid=2223 Online catalogue]

[https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,941033,00.html Opera: New Music, Old Legend,

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