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The Crucible is a 1961 English language opera written by Robert Ward based on the 1953 play The Crucible by Arthur Miller. It won both the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Music and the New York Music Critics Circle Citation. The libretto was lightly adapted from Miller's text by Bernard Stambler.
The play was adapted by composer Robert Ward as an opera, The Crucible, which was first performed in 1961 and received the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Music [29] and the New York Music Critics' Circle Award. [30] William Tuckett presented a ballet at The Royal Ballet in London in 2000 to a collage of music by Charles Ives with designs by Ralph ...
Robert Eugene Ward (September 13, 1917 – April 3, 2013) was an American composer who is best remembered for his opera The Crucible (1961) after the 1953 play of the same name by Arthur Miller. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music for that opera in 1962.
The category is for operas composed by Robert Ward. Pages in category "Operas by Robert Ward" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ...
In 1988, Juilliard's then-president, Joseph W. Polisi, asked Shapiro to direct an opera. The work chosen for the Juilliard Opera Center production was The Crucible by Robert Ward (based on Arthur Miller's 1953 play of the same name), its first New York presentation for 20 years. [25] "
Roberts-Smith was born in Perth, Western Australia, to Sue and Len Roberts-Smith.He attended Hale School, [9] as did his older brother, Ben Roberts-Smith.He graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2008 where he sang in an alternating cast the role of John Proctor in the Australian premiere of Robert Ward's opera The Crucible.
In 1958, Brown made her professional opera debut with the New York City Opera in the title role of Georges Bizet's Carmen, opposite her mentor, Treigle, as Escamillo. [2] She returned to the City Opera in 1961, when she created the role of Tituba in the world premiere of Robert Ward's The Crucible, opposite Chester Ludgin.
In 1985 he conducted the Vienna State Opera, performing Tosca. His participation in that work had been requested by leading tenor Luciano Pavarotti. Buckley led the world premieres of two important American operas – The Ballad of Baby Doe (with Beverly Sills in the title role) (1956);. [4] and Robert Ward's The Crucible (1961).