Overview
Jeremy Howard Beck and Stephanie Fleischmann's The Long Walk
Utah Opera Chamber Opera Performance
Credits: Music by Jeremy Howard Beck | Libretto by Stephanie Fleischmann | Based on the book The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life that Follows by Brian Castner | Commissioned by American Lyric Theater
Description: Opera becomes overwhelmingly personal in this contemporary story of an American soldier coping with a blast-induced traumatic brain injury after he returns home from duty in Iraq. Based on the book The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life that Follows, Brian Castner’s best-selling memoir, this opera offers a visceral look at the realities of modern warfare and the unseen battles that rage inside our hearts.
Contains adult language and intense subject matter and is recommended for mature audiences.
Credits: Music by Jeremy Howard Beck | Libretto by Stephanie Fleischmann | Based on the book The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life that Follows by Brian Castner | Commissioned by American Lyric Theater
Description: Opera becomes overwhelmingly personal in this contemporary story of an American soldier coping with a blast-induced traumatic brain injury after he returns home from duty in Iraq. Based on the book The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life that Follows, Brian Castner’s best-selling memoir, this opera offers a visceral look at the realities of modern warfare and the unseen battles that rage inside our hearts.
Contains adult language and intense subject matter and is recommended for mature audiences.